<P> The accent keys ^,',' are dead keys: press and release an accent key, then press a letter key to produce accented characters (ô, á, ù, etc.; the current DIN 2137 - 1: 2012 - 06 extends this for e.g. ń, ś etc .). If the entered combination is not encoded in Unicode by a single code point (precomposed character), most current implementations cause the display of a free - standing (spacing) version of the accent followed by the unaccented base letter . For users with insufficient typing skills this behaviour (which is explicitly not compliant with the current DIN 2137 - 1: 2012 - 06) leads to mistype a spacing accent instead of an apostrophe (e.g., it _́ s instead of correctly it's). </P> <P> Note that the semicolon and colon are accessed by using the ⇧ Shift key . </P> <P> The "T1" layout lacks some important characters like the German - style quotation marks ("" and ‚'). As a consequence, these are seldom used in internet communication and usually replaced by "and' . </P> <P> The "T2" layout newly defined in DIN 2137 - 1: 2012 - 06 was designed to overcome such restrictions, but firstly to enable typing of other languages written in the Latin script . Therefore, it contains several additional diacritical marks and punctuation characters, including the full set of German, English, and French - style quotation marks in addition to the typographic apostrophe, the prime, the double prime, and the ʻokina . </P>

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