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textquoteleft

Produces a single opening quotation mark (') for typographically correct text formatting.

Overview

Essential for proper typesetting of quotations and apostrophes in professional documents, particularly when traditional keyboard quotes would be typographically incorrect.

  • Commonly used in conjunction with \textquoteright for paired quotation marks
  • Important for linguistic texts and formal publications
  • Provides better typography than straight quotes or backticks
  • Often used in multilingual documents where quotation conventions differ

Examples

Labeling a mathematical function with quoted text

‘f’(x)=x2\text{\textquoteleft}f\text{\textquoteright}(x) = x^2 
\text{\textquoteleft}f\text{\textquoteright}(x) = x^2

Adding quoted notation in mathematical definitions

x∈‘R’  ⟹  x∈Rx \in \text{\textquoteleft}R\text{\textquoteright} \implies x \in \mathbb{R} 
x \in \text{\textquoteleft}R\text{\textquoteright} \implies x \in \mathbb{R}