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Typography is what (sometimes) matters! (3 tips for better looking texts)
Have you ever heard about typography? If not, well, simply said, it is a bunch of rules which are used for text formatting. It is not as silly and useless as it sometimes could seem. It has developed during centuries and it is a part of every honestly edited book (or letter, mail, any kind of message or post!). It’s main aim is improving of readability. Ok, I admit, I work as a copyeditor and e-book developer which means I am into it very much!
Just a few rules it is good to be aware of:
1) dashes:
- this is not a dash!
– this is called n-dash and it is used really as a dash (alt+0150; Unicode2013)!
— this is called m-dash and it is used really as a dash in English texts (alt+0151; Unicode2014); actually, it is considered to be more suitable for longer texts of a higher cultural value (poetry, novels, really tuned letters…)
2) quotation marks:
"these" are not quotation marks suitable for texts but for computer code;
“these” are genuine quotation marks suitable for every moment (alt+0147, alt+0148; Unicode201c, Unicode201d);
3) apostrophe:
don't, haven't, couldn't — these are not apostrophes!
don’t, haven’t, couldn’t — these are genuine apostrophes (alt+0146; Unicode2019)!
There are many other rules but these three are really essential. With them, any letter will look more professional and sophisticated.
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English vs Czech proverbs/idioms
Proverbs and idioms are a very interesting part of any language. Many of them are identical throughout Europe (sometimes the world!). Some of them have their own alternative in other languages. Such alternatives are often funny as well as interesting. Below I have placed some of them. The first is always the English version, the second it’s parallel in Czech. Naturally, sometimes it was really hard to translate them and I expect some translations are totally wrong (they probably don’t make sense in English at all!
Proverbs:
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”
“Lazy mouth, bare misfortune.”
“The early bird catches the worm.”
“The early bird can jump farther.”
“Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”
“Never check the teeth of a gift horse.”
“You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.”
“When a forest is cutting down, splinters are flying.”
“Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”
“Of whom is the bread you eat, his is the song you should sing.”
“Two heads are better than one.”
“More heads know more.”
Idioms:
kill two birds with one stone
kill two flies with one swat
turn a blind eye
close an eye a bit
barking up the wrong tree
crying at the wrong grave
it fits like a glove
it fits like a buttock on the potty
piece of cake
it’s a toy
when pigs fly
when it will rain and become dry again
separate sheep from goats
separate seeds from chaffs
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Te treści naruszają Wytyczne dot. Społeczności.1 lipca 2015
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