Special punctuation marks

Question

Is there an easy way to render special punctuation marks present in some fonts, such as double question mark, double exclamation mark, or interrobang?

Also, is there a font (preferably open-source) featuring question comma and exclamation comma characters?

Answer 1

I sometimes like to use the Hoefler Text ampersand in the headings of my CV, even though my font of choice for the remainder of the CV is not Hoefler; I do this by adding the following to the preamble:

\usepackage{xltxtra} % Requires use of XeTeX or XeLaTeX
\newcommand{\amper}{{\fontspec[Scale=.95]{Hoefler Text}\selectfont\itshape\&}}

and using \amper whenever I want that special ampersand in a header (but \& when I want the 'normal' ampersand elsewhere).

Note that xltxtra requires that you use XeTeX or XeLaTeX. If--as I understand--you've found a font that represents the interrobang, double exclamation, or double question mark characters in a way you particularly like, but is not the font you're using in the rest of the document, then a solution like this could work for you, I think . . .