Is there a reason why the 濁点【だくてん】（ ﾞ）are placed below the stroke at ぐ and で as opposed to the other hiragana characters?


Most of the 平仮名【ひらがな】 characters have the 濁点【だくてん】 above the stroke but there
are two cases where it is placed below the stroke:

> がぎげござじずぜぞだぢづどばびぶべぼ
>
> ぐで

Why?




The position of a dakuten is not as strict as you think. It has to be placed
near the top right corner, but it may be moved or rotated according to the
font designer's choice. Here are some examples of voiced hiragana rendered
with various fonts installed on my PC:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xxJCj.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xxJCj.png)

When you practice handwriting, please use shapes of a
[教科書体](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25345/5010) font (the blue one
above).




The position of a dakuten is not as strict as you think. It has to be placed
near the top right corner, but it may be moved or rotated according to the
font designer's choice. Here are some examples of voiced hiragana rendered
with various fonts installed on my PC:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xxJCj.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xxJCj.png)

When you practice handwriting, please use shapes of a
[教科書体](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25345/5010) font (the blue one
above).

