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One should quote with `` and '', for example

``quote''

will produce

"quote"

with the correct glyphs, that is the glyphs on the left are a rotation of 180° of the glyphs on the right.

Unfortunately, in some fonts (I am using mathpazo) the glyphs for left and right marks are too similar, and they actually look the same, especially when printed with non high quality printers, for example here:

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Is it possible to use a different glyph on the left? I would really like to have something similar to this:

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where it is a lot more clear where the quote starts and ends.

Alan Munn
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dadexix86
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2 Answers2

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Ugly:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\def\lQ{\bgroup\fontfamily{cmm}\selectfont``\egroup}
\def\rQ{\bgroup\fontfamily{cmm}\selectfont''\egroup}
\begin{document}
Here is a \lQ test\rQ{}
\end{document}

enter image description here

or this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathpazo,graphicx}
\def\lQ{\scalebox{-1}[1]{''}}
\begin{document}
Here is a \lQ test''
\end{document}

enter image description here

Trust the font designer.

Steven B. Segletes
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  • The second is perfect! :D I do trust the font designer, but I have to modify the gliph from the standard because of a request from my supervisor :( – dadexix86 Aug 24 '16 at 11:48
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    @dadexix86 You are bringing back nightmares. I had the same argument with my editor because she did not like the Palatino quotes, which are similar. So she insisted upon changing the whole document to Times. Argghh! 8^0 – Steven B. Segletes Aug 24 '16 at 11:50
  • Well, fortunately you were here to save my a** from long and fruitless discussions! ;) – dadexix86 Aug 24 '16 at 12:36
  • @dadexix86 You might enjoy the intro and part 2 of my answer at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/166418/put-entire-thesis-on-one-a0-poster/166442#166442, as to what came of that editorial disagreement. – Steven B. Segletes Aug 24 '16 at 12:43
  • Oh gosh, that is so crazy! :S – dadexix86 Aug 24 '16 at 12:51
  • The choice of \lq as macro name is not really the best. – egreg Aug 24 '16 at 13:35
  • @egreg Okay, I changed to \lQ and \rQ, but for something used as often as a quote, I would hate to make it longer still. – Steven B. Segletes Aug 24 '16 at 13:39
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\usepackage{graphicx}
\reflectbox{''}quote''
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