Right Double Quote symbol
Type :right_double_quote: · Punctuation
What ” is for
The closing curly double quote. Paired with its opening twin, it is what makes typeset prose look typeset. Getting the pair backwards is the most common way curly quotes go wrong.
How to type ”
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:right_double_quote: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + Shift + [
Windows
Alt + 0148
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:right_double_quote: On the web
HTML ”
Unicode U+201D
What ” gets mistaken for
straight double quote
The same character opens and closes, which is exactly why code prefers it and typography does not.
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