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Re: quotes and css

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From: Karl Brown
Date: Sep 27, 2017 2:48AM

If you're using semantic mark-up there's no reason the unicode character
couldn't form part of the CSS instead; the meaning is to indicate that it's
a quote, which the semantics should be handling. The quote mark is a
presentational/stylistic choice and shouldn't really form part of the
mark-up, as Allan said.

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Detlev (testkreis) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I think if it is a block quote you should mark it up with blockquote
> element
>
> Von meinem iPad gesendet
>
> > Am 26.09.2017 um 23:30 schrieb Sarah Ferguson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:
> >
> > I posted this already, but didn't get any replies. Just in case it was
> > missed, here is the replay.
> >
> >
> > I have a question from our developer that I could not answer. Any
> thoughts?
> >
> > - Quotes:
> >
> > We have a large, stylized quotation mark to signal a pull quote on some
> > pages. At the moment we have it marked up as a quotation in the code. Our
> > developer asks, "
> > would it be equally acceptable to include the curly quote (&#8220;) in
> the
> > HTML and style that with CSS?"
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Sarah
> > > > > > > > > > > > >



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Professional Certificate Web Accessibility Compliance (Distinction),
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