Weird usage of dakuten


Reading manga, I came across this speech bubble:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WV9ZY.png)

I noticed the dakuten in ず is on the wrong side of the horizontal line, does
this have some special meaning or is it just some sort of printing error? I
went back to check earlier chapters and none of the other ず seem to be written
this way.




> Does this have some special meaning?

No. I've never encountered a dakuten with a special meaning.

> ... or is it just some sort of printing error?

A printing error in this case is unlikely. I think that it has to do with the
font that they are using. Just as with English fonts, some characters change
slightly, like with the lowercase 'a' in English. For example, the font on my
computer puts the dakuten underneath the line on your question. (shown below)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4R8G6.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4R8G6.png)

* * *

Then, I changed the font, and I got a different result:

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

* * *

The moral of the story is you're noticing different font styles! For further
information on why the font styles differ, look at the other answer.




> Does this have some special meaning?

No. I've never encountered a dakuten with a special meaning.

> ... or is it just some sort of printing error?

A printing error in this case is unlikely. I think that it has to do with the
font that they are using. Just as with English fonts, some characters change
slightly, like with the lowercase 'a' in English. For example, the font on my
computer puts the dakuten underneath the line on your question. (shown below)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4R8G6.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4R8G6.png)

* * *

Then, I changed the font, and I got a different result:

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

* * *

The moral of the story is you're noticing different font styles! For further
information on why the font styles differ, look at the other answer.

