Hot take: if the punctuation wasn't in the original quotation then putting it in the quotation marks is a lie.https://twitter.com/BrianaReports/status/1303865286165229568 …
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
I 100% never understood why it goes in theres
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Replying to @Cybren @Nymphomachy
The primary reason for always putting the period at the end of a sentence inside the quotes was practical When printing was done with physical type, the " and the . were shaped such that they go directly over each other, making it look like ."
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To be a bit more specific you're talking about when printing was first done with physical type in like the 16th century, I don't know that any modern type set worked like that 40 years ago was also a time when printing was done with physical type, lol
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Replying to @HenryWHall @arthur_affect and
This is one of those weird things that somehow I'm aware of because my father was a type setter before becoming a photo engraver
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Replying to @HenryWHall @arthur_affect and
Here's a random ass fact: there was a point in time where photo engravers had to register with the secret service, if you were working as an engraver for a printer the Secret Service had your information
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Well yeah the Secret Service were founded as anti-counterfeiters That's still part of their remit, and as a result they own that encrypted algorithm all the printer/scanner companies have to use so it's impossible to scan and print paper currency
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I had no idea it was still a thing since everyone switched over to digital
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It's a much bigger deal today, since compared to the expert work of illicit engravers of days of yore taking a hi-res photo of a $100 bill and printing a new one would be comically easy without DRM
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