Use a 'pointing in' glyph for *true* single and double quotation marks

[nostodnayr]

Open quotation marks, single and double, feel as though they’re pointing the wrong direction.

The characters have a bit more weight at the bottom but ‘point outward’, making it appear backwards.

Contrast this with Courier and Courier New, both of which use a similar glyph style:

Courier has a weighted bottom, pointing ‘in’:

Courier New has a weighted top, pointing ‘in’:

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Cascadia should use a ‘pointing inward’ glyph for its quotation marks.

I find the ‘weighted top’ style to be easier to read when using this style of glyph. For example, compare to SF Mono, whose quotes are very difficult to discern at anything but large sizes because it uses a ‘weighted bottom’ style:

[mdtauk]

I think Courier New has the most pleasing idea, even if it doesn't adhear to the 66 and 99 of traditional quotation marks

[aaronbell]

Hmm. Interesting. I'll do some experimentation. My preference tends toward the 'weighted bottom' approach as I think it is more typographically attractive than the weighted top, but maybe there's something we can do to make them more recognizable.

[nostodnayr]

Like with the other issue, I tried the builds in your fork, @aaronbell, and the quotes are much better. It's still a little hard to tell if single quotes are curled the right direction. There's enough accumulated weight in doubles that it's quite easy.

Regardless, they now look right, which will make this writer's life a little easier. Thanks very much!

[aaronbell]

Glad they're working better!