punctuationquoting
I have an issue with the double quote in my quotation.
Using "OpenGL....." results in ÖpenGL... even with \"OpenGL... the result is the same.
Using \verb results in double quotes in a wrong font type (at least it looks out of place).
\begin{quotation}
"OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) ist eine Spezifikation für eine plattform-
und programmiersprachenunabhängige Programmierschnittstelle zur
Entwicklung von 2D- und 3D-Computergrafik."
\end{quotation}
Here's one solution using TikZ which defines a new environment using the framed package. You should preferably compile this with xelatex or lualatex, since it gives the easiest access to a wide range of fonts. I've added code to make it run under pdflatex as well.
The code has now been updated to allow some flexibility in the formatting of the different components of the quotation, and the environment takes two arguments:
\begin{shadequote}[<alignment>]{<author>} text of quote \end{shadequote}
% !TEX TS-program = xeLaTeX
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{framed}
% conditional for xetex or luatex
\newif\ifxetexorluatex
\ifxetex
\xetexorluatextrue
\else
\ifluatex
\xetexorluatextrue
\else
\xetexorluatexfalse
\fi
\fi
%
\ifxetexorluatex%
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{libertine} % or use \setmainfont to choose any font on your system
\newfontfamily\quotefont[Ligatures=TeX]{Linux Libertine O} % selects Libertine as the quote font
\else
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{libertine} % or any other font package
\newcommand*\quotefont{\fontfamily{LinuxLibertineT-LF}} % selects Libertine as the quote font
\fi
\newcommand*\quotesize{60} % if quote size changes, need a way to make shifts relative
% Make commands for the quotes
\newcommand*{\openquote}
{\tikz[remember picture,overlay,xshift=-4ex,yshift=-2.5ex]
\node (OQ) {\quotefont\fontsize{\quotesize}{\quotesize}\selectfont``};\kern0pt}
\newcommand*{\closequote}[1]
{\tikz[remember picture,overlay,xshift=4ex,yshift={#1}]
\node (CQ) {\quotefont\fontsize{\quotesize}{\quotesize}\selectfont''};}
% select a colour for the shading
\colorlet{shadecolor}{Azure}
\newcommand*\shadedauthorformat{\emph} % define format for the author argument
% Now a command to allow left, right and centre alignment of the author
\newcommand*\authoralign[1]{%
\if#1l
\def\authorfill{}\def\quotefill{\hfill}
\else
\if#1r
\def\authorfill{\hfill}\def\quotefill{}
\else
\if#1c
\gdef\authorfill{\hfill}\def\quotefill{\hfill}
\else\typeout{Invalid option}
\fi
\fi
\fi}
% wrap everything in its own environment which takes one argument (author) and one optional argument
% specifying the alignment [l, r or c]
%
\newenvironment{shadequote}[2][l]%
{\authoralign{#1}
\ifblank{#2}
{\def\shadequoteauthor{}\def\yshift{-2ex}\def\quotefill{\hfill}}
{\def\shadequoteauthor{\par\authorfill\shadedauthorformat{#2}}\def\yshift{2ex}}
\begin{snugshade}\begin{quote}\openquote}
{\shadequoteauthor\quotefill\closequote{\yshift}\end{quote}\end{snugshade}}
\begin{document}
\begin{shadequote}[l]{Douglas Adams}
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
\end{shadequote}
\begin{shadequote}[r]{Douglas Adams}
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
\end{shadequote}
\begin{shadequote}[c]{Douglas Adams}
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
\end{shadequote}
\begin{shadequote}{}
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
\end{shadequote}
\end{document}
In this code, the font for the quotation marks is set independently of the main document font. This is because depending on the main font you choose, the very large quotation marks will not look good; Linux Libertine has pretty quotes that seem appropriate for the purpose. If you want to use this environment with another main document font, remove/change the \usepackage{libertine}.
The worth reading LaTeX Wiki Book describes the differences as follows:
quotefor a short quotation, or a series of small quotes, separated by blank lines.quotationfor use with longer quotations, of more than one paragraph, because it indents the first line of each paragraph.
And in addition to the above:
verseis for quotations where line breaks are important, such as poetry. Once in, new stanzas are created with a blank line, and new lines within a stanza are indicated using the newline command,\\. If a line takes up more than one line on the page, then all subsequent lines are indented until explicitly separated with\\.
Best Answer
Do not use
"for quoting, use``and''(English quotes) or"`and"'(German quotes, needsbabel, see below) instead:The
babelpackage with thegerman/ngermanoption does the"O->Ötranslation. This is to for (old) systems which do not have the Umlauts.