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rsquo stands for the right single quotation mark, a typographic punctuation character used primarily as the closing single quote or as an apostrophe in certain fonts and contexts. It is part of Unicode and is widely used in digital typography for quotation and contraction marks.

Encoding and representations: The right single quotation mark has the Unicode code point U+2019. In HTML it is commonly represented by the named entity ’, or by numeric references such as ’ (decimal) or ’ (hex). In many fonts, rsquo appears as a small, curved tick similar to a typographic apostrophe.

Distinction from the ASCII apostrophe: The ASCII character U+0027 is a straight apostrophe commonly used in plain text. rsquo is the typographic, curved variant typically used in properly typeset text. The opening single quotation mark is rsquo’s counterpart, lsquo (U+2018).

Usage: rsquo is used as the closing single quotation mark in single-quote typography, and it is also commonly employed as the apostrophe in contractions and possessives when a typographic style is desired. In nested quotations or British typography, there may be different conventions for opening and closing marks, but rsquo specifically denotes the right-side closing mark.

Cross-platform considerations: When text encoding or fonts differ, the rsquo character may render inconsistently or be replaced with a plain ASCII apostrophe. Ensuring UTF-8 encoding and appropriate typography helps maintain the intended appearance of rsquo in digital content.