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Cannot copy text from the simplest PDF file?
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
We define multiplication by
$$v_1x = 0,\quad v_2x = v_1,\quad v_1y = -v_1,\quad v_2y = v_1$$
\end{document}
which looks ...
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votes
1answer
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Can we make ligatures copy-and-pastable?
Is there a straightforward way to make ligatures more copy-and-pastable? I know that by using
\usepackage[t1]{fontenc}
that many glyphs like accented and umlauted characters become ...
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votes
1answer
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Can PDF search find words with ligatures in XeLaTeX-documents?
Is there some way allow PDF search to find words with ligatures? I use XeLaTeX.
\documentclass{book}
\begin{document}
Prefix.
\end{document}
In the resulting pdf file, searching for the word ...
9
votes
2answers
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pdf files show “fi”, but searching for or copying them does not work
When I pdflatex text containing "fi", e.g. "infinite", the resulting pdf-file looks correct, e.g. "infinite" is shown in the text. But when I search the pdf file for "infinite", 0 occurrences are ...
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votes
1answer
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Small-caps, old-style numbers, and some ligatures produce odd symbols in PDF copy text?
This is a problem I've had consistently with XeLaTeX. Here's a small example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX,Numbers={OldStyle,Proportional}]{Minion Pro}
...
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votes
1answer
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Make ligatures in Linux Libertine copyable (and searchable)
I'm currently working on an essay written in LaTeX form. I'm facing problems with ligatures - in my pdf output (rendered using pdftex) opened in Adobe Reader I get X's and V's when copy-pasting words ...
