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にしかた **って** 字は書けなきゃダメでしょう

(にしかた is a surname)

How do I differentiate whether this って is used to quote "にしかた” or if it is
used to act as a topic marker as a replacement for は?

However, in this sentence, a は is already present after 字, so I assume the
latter meaning of って does not apply? I heard that using って as a topic marker
instead of は is suitable in situations where the speaker is trying to address
something being said earlier. Hence, I am pretty confused on which meaning is
to be applied.

Besides the two meanings highlighted in the question, is there any other
meaning of って I missed out that could justify my question? For now, I
understood って can refer to とは, does it also apply to というのは?
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grammar particle-って
How to go about differentiating って meaning
> にしかた **って** 字は書けなきゃダメでしょう

You differentiate the meaning of って by context. It's hard to see what meaning
this sentence could have if it worked as a topic marker here.

So without the first part we have 字は書けなきゃダメでしょう "you have to be able to write
characters". Seems like the logical question is, what characters do I have to
be able to write? So maybe にしかたって is describing those characters.

So in this case って is an abbreviation of という.

にしかた **って** 字 = にしかた **という** 字 = the characters which say/form/make up にしかた.

Finally, when って is used as a topic marker I believe that it is actually an
abbreviation of というのは as you mentioned at the end of your post.
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