Cómo escribir comillas rizadas y apóstrofes rizados

Use métodos abreviados de teclado, códigos HTML o el mapa de letras y números de Windows

Qué entender

• En Microsoft Word: Escriba opción alternativa+0145 para una comilla fácil izquierda y opción alternativa+0146 para una comilla fácil derecha (o apóstrofe).
• Redacta opción alternativa+0147 para una comilla doble izquierda y opción alternativa+0148 para una comilla doble derecha.
• En macOS: Escriba Opción+] para una comilla fácil izquierda, Cambio+Opción+] para una cita adecuada, Opción+[ for a left double, or Shift+Option+[ for a right.

This article explains how to type and use curly quote marks (also called smart quotes) and apostrophes in all current versions of Windows and macOS.

Create Smart Quotes in Microsoft Word

To manually insert smart quotes, the keyboard must have a numeric keypad. The Num Lock key must be activated. To use the numeric codes, press and hold the Alt key, then type the four-digit character code on the numeric keypad.

• Use ALT+0145 and ALT+0146 for the left and right single quotation mark or apostrophe, respectively.
• Use ALT+0147 and ALT+0148 for the left and right double quotation marks, respectively.

Use the numeric keypad and not the row of numbers above the alphabet. The top number row does not work for this procedure.

If your keyboard lacks a numeric keypad, use the Character Map. To launch it, press Win+R and type charmap in the Run box. When it opens, find the character you want to insert, then choose Select. Select Copy when all the characters you want to add have been selected, then paste them into the document.

The great thing about Character Map is that it supports all possible glyphs within a typeface, not only the ones accessible from the keyboard.

Create Smart Quotes on Mac

To manually insert smart quotes, type the following keys simultaneously:

• Type Option+] para la izquierda (abierta) y Cambio+Opción+]Para el comillas sencillos derechas (cerradas) o apóstrofe, respectivamente.
• Redacta Opción+[ for the left and Shift+Option+[ for the right curved double quotation marks, respectively.

Add Smart Quotes to Web Pages

Web typography works a little differently. Smart quotes do not always work well on the web, so straight quotes are used.

However, if you want to add curly quotes to HTML code, do the following:

• For the curly single opening and closing quote mark (or apostrophe), use ‘ and ’ respectively.
• For the curly opening and closing double quotation marks, use “ and ” respectively.

Oversized curly quotes add interest to pull-quotes in articles or general information pages.

Quick Reference Chart of Keyboard Shortcuts

Mark
Description
Windows
Mac
HTML

‘
Opening single apostrophe
alt+0145
option+]
‘

‘
Apóstrofe fácil de cierre
alt+0146
opción+shift+]
’

“
Comillas dobles de apertura
alt+0147
opción+[
“

”
Closing double quote
alt+0148
option+shift+[
”

Why Curly Quotes and Apostrophes?

To present a professional appearance in print or to meet the style guidelines of a client, use true typographer quotation marks and apostrophes in your desktop publishing documents. These true quotation and apostrophe marks are curled left and right, unlike the straight single and double quote marks that espectáculo on a keyboard’s apostrophe key.

More About The Straight Apostrophe Key

Straight quotes come from the type­writer. In print­ing and typesetting, all quota­tion marks were curly, but type­writer char­ac­ter sets were lim­ited by mechan­i­cal constraints and phys­i­cal space. By re­plac­ing the curly open­ing and clos­ing quotes with am­bidex­trous straight quotes, two slots be­came avail­able for other characters.

The straight marks on the apostrophe key are also called primes. You perro use the single straight mark for feet and minutes and the double mark for inches and seconds, as in 1’6″ for 1 foot, 6 inches, or 30’15» for 30 minutes, 15 seconds.

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