Right Single Quote Apostrophe symbol
Type :right_single_quote_apostrophe: · Punctuation
What ’ is for
Two jobs in one character: it closes a single quote, and it is the correct apostrophe in don’t and it’s. That second job is the one that matters, because the straight apostrophe on your keyboard is a typewriter compromise that typography never wanted.
How to type ’
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:right_single_quote_apostrophe: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
Option + Shift + ]
Windows
Alt + 0146
Hold Alt and type the digits on the keypad.
Shortcodes
:right_single_quote_apostrophe: On the web
HTML ’
Unicode U+2019
What ’ gets mistaken for
straight apostrophe
The keyboard key. Required in code, wrong in prose that has been typeset properly.
prime
Straight and slanted, and it means feet or minutes. Not an apostrophe, however similar it looks at small sizes.
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