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6. It's not just the curly quotes but the single quote marks too

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:18 PM

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E.g., the "apostrophe". So it was doing it to possessives.

ETA - there are also occasional issues with the "emdash" (long dash) where it used to stick a "?" as a render instead, but is actually now doing a "double dash".

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All that garbage appeared when you previewed or edited your post AZJonnie Wednesday #1

It's only doing it for the single and double quote marks BumRushDaShow Wednesday #2

Yes, I know exactly what it is and why it's happening. AZJonnie Wednesday #3

It just started happening today BumRushDaShow Wednesday #4

It started yesterday actually, but yeah, it's very recent. AZJonnie Wednesday #7

Appreciate much BumRushDaShow Wednesday #10

I can paste this sentence from Word onto DU, with curly quotes and you'll see them just fine/normal AZJonnie Wednesday #5

It's not just the curly quotes but the single quote marks too BumRushDaShow Wednesday #6

Where did I say curly double quotes? I said curly quotes. Meaning either single or double. AZJonnie Wednesday #9

Thank you for clarifying BumRushDaShow Wednesday #11

Every font set supports a presentation of straight 'single' and "double quotes", and curly 'single' and "double quotes" AZJonnie Wednesday #12

There's a thread in the Community Help forum about this BumRushDaShow Wednesday #8

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