Backquote in Arial font

Question

Is there a workaround for the ugly backquote in the Arial font?

For example, running xelatex on the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}

\begin{document}
Here's something ``quoted''.
\end{document}

Answer 1

By default, fontspec doesn't activate the standard TeX quote ligatures, Try this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Arial}
\begin{document}
Here's something ``quoted''.
\end{document}

Of course, some people might say that the 'ugly backquote' isn't the only thing about Arial that's ugly...