[XeTeX] Long dash "--" in Latex

=?iso-8859-11?B?qrm+IMjUxbvNudG5tew=?= chanop at syseng.anu.edu.au
Fri Jul 2 02:01:24 CEST 2004


-- and --- are ligatures; they are converted to en-dash and em-dash
respectively by ligature rules in traditional TeX's way. Therefore, they
are not available in XeTeX.

You must be Atip from Satit Patumwan for sure.

Chanop

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> Using some fonts, "--" will appear as a long dash, however with some other
> fonts "--" will appear as double regular dashes.
> 
> I assume that is because "--" is not available with all fonts?



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