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Quotes Category Keys

The quotes category key defines the characters to use for typographic quotation marks (i.e., quotes).

Key Value Type Example

quotes

Quoted string[double-open, double-close, single-open, single-close]
(default: ['“', '”', '‘', '’'])

 
quotes:
- '«'
- '»'
- '‹'
- '›'
Quote Running Content
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