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No italics in algorithm2e if-clause
Why does algorithm2e typeset the variables anychange and done in italics, and how can I turn this off? How can I remove the semicolon after done in the until-clause?
$\textsf{anychange} \gets ...
12
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How to get upright parentheses in the whole document?
My question is, basically, the same as the one in Upright parentheses in italic text: how do I force all parentheses in my document to be upright, without replacing them with some commands "by hand"?
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Minted+Inconsolata: Straight Quotes
I am using minted to display my source code and the Inconsolata package to set the output font. Unfortunately, this produces the following ugly result (note the direction of the quote marks:
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Problem with libertine font for pretty big quotes
The following code, that I used with success, does not work with the last TeX LIve distribution. I don't know why.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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1answer
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Babel + Hebrew + aeguill incompatiblility
(Question split off from here.)
If you try to use the aeguill package (which adds some guillemets to the ae fonts) with Babel and Hebrew:
\documentclass{standalone}
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2answers
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Typesetting single quotes
How can the single quote character be typeset as the ascii character ' in a LaTeX document?
For instance, consider the document:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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1answer
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Curly quotes in non-default font with xelatex
I have the following:
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setromanfont [Ligatures={Common}, Numbers={OldStyle}]{Palatino}
And compile with this:
xelatex main.tex
I use:
``word''
But the quotes are never ...
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3answers
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How to enable ligatures for emdash/endash in LuaTeX ?
I cannot switch on ligatures for emdash (---) and endash (--) in LuaLaTeX. Here is my test file:
% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8"
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
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5answers
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Upright parentheses in italic text
This question led to a new package:
embrac
Bringhurst, in Elements of Typographic Style, recommends to use upright parentheses in italic text (i.e., write 'a (simple) example' as opposed to 'a ...
10
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2answers
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Palatino displays wrong opening quotes
I've just started using Palatino for my documents, and I've realized the opening quotes are all rendered as closing quotes. As per the question What is the best way to use quotation mark glyphs I use ...
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2answers
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A big thick question mark
I'm using \ding{52} and \ding{56} from the pifont package to get nice satisfying thick ticks and crosses. I'd like a question mark ? that fits with these. \textbf{?} is too small, and not thick ...
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Why do the less than symbol (<) and the greater than symbol (>) appear wrong as upside down exclamation (¡) or question mark (¿)?
When typing < or > in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode.
