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Property Name: quotes

Default Value: depends on user agent
Inherited: yes
Possible values directly from the standard:

[string string]+, none, inherit

Property Description:

This property specifies pairs of quotation marks for each level of 'embedded' quotation. The content property's open-quote and close-quote values will cause them to be insterted before and after a quotation. As mentioned in the content property description, these properties are not supported in Internet Explorer, however they are relevant to print media. The Specification mentions the following quotation characters, however you are not limited to them, if the font permits:

Character Image	ISO 10646 Hex code	Description
	0022	Quotation Mark (The ASCII Double Quotation Mark)
	0027	Apostrophe (The ASCII Single Quotation Mark)
	2039	Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
	203A	Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
	00AB	Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
	00BB	Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
	2018	Left Single Quotation Mark [single high-6]
	2019	Right Single Quotation Mark [single high-9]
	201C	Left Double Quotation Mark [double high-6]
	201D	Right Double Quotation Mark [double high-9]
	201E	Double Low-9 Quotation Mark

Example:

blockquote {quotes: "\201C" "\201D";} blockquote p:before {content: open-quote;} blockquote p:after {content: close-quote;}

Complete CSS Property Listing:
background-attachment, background-color, background-image, background-position, background-repeat, background, border-collapse, border-color, border-spacing, border-style, border-top, border-right, border-bottom, border-left, border-top-color, border-right-color, border-bottom-color, border-left-color, border-top-style, border-right-style, border-bottom-style, border-left-style, border-top-width, border-right-width, border-bottom-width, border-left-width, border-width, border, bottom, caption-side, clear, clip, color, content, counter-increment, counter-reset, cursor, direction, display, empty-cells, float, font-family, font-size, font-style, font-variant, font-weight, font, height, left, letter-spacing, line-height, list-style-image, list-style-position, list-style-type, list-style, margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, margin-left, margin, max-height, max-width, min-height, min-width, outline-color, outline-style, outline-width, outline, overflow, padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, padding-left, padding, position, quotes, right, table-layout, text-align, text-decoration, text-indent, text-transform, top, unicode-bidi, vertical-align, visibility, white-space, width, word-spacing, z-index

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