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I had a look at the symbols list, and it is written that the input text ">" should be rendered as ">". In my document, however, it is rendered as "¿".

How do I write a normal ">"?

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    as Heiko says in his answer it is only an issue on OT1 encoding, but also, it is only an issue in text > should almost always be in math mode where a > will always be typeset as > – David Carlisle May 19 '18 at 16:50
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    I think the real question is in what context are you trying to "write a normal >"? My guess is that you should be in math mode, or using a verbatim environment. – Teepeemm May 19 '18 at 20:37
  • while the comments and answers are valid, this question would make much more sense if you showed the context in which you are using the symbol. – barbara beeton May 19 '18 at 21:33
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Very likely you are using the old OT1 encoding:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
<Hello> \textless world\textgreater
\end{document}

Result

The example also shows how to typeset < and > by using \textless or \textgreater.

The issue is resolved with the T1 font encoding:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}% optional
\begin{document}
<Hello> \textless world\textgreater
\end{document}

Result with T1 font encoding

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