Double chevron instead of guillemets

Question

Here's a minimal working example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\texttt{>>}
\end{document}

This makes a right guillemet. I'd like a double chevron. If I comment out the fontenc package, I indeed get a double chevron. Any advice?

Answer 1

You can break up the two > symbols by putting {} between them, like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\texttt{>{}>}
\end{document}

Answer 2

You can use the microtype package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{microtype}

%% disable the << and >> ligatures in typewriter type
\DisableLigatures[<,>]{encoding=T1,family=tt*}

\begin{document}
\texttt{<<abc>>}

<<abc>>
\end{document}