XeTeX ⇒ -- en-dash problem

[victorclaessen]

Hi,

I'm using XeLaTeX to write a thesis using the Arno Pro font. I've noticed that -- isn't automatically translated to an en-dash when I use that font. However when I type \textendash, I *do* get an en-dash. Why is this happening? And can I fix it?

Kind regards,

Vic

Minimal (ok ok quasi-minimal) working example:

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\documentclass[b5paper,10pt,twoside,openright]{memoir}

\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}


\setromanfont{Arno Pro}	

\begin{document}
-
\\
--
\\
---
\\
\textendash
\\
\textemdash
\end{document}

[frabjous]

You need to make sure you're using the tex-text mapping.

You can do this font-by-font, but it's easiest just to do once and for all with the command:

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\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}

or equivalently

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\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}

in your preamble. I usually do this right after loading the fontspec package. (fontspec is loaded by xltxtra in your case.) See sec. 12.1 of its manual.

[victorclaessen]

Thanks! The first line solved it.

I also tried the second line, but if I add that (right after xltxtra), then I get this error.

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! Package xkeyval Error: `TeX' undefined in families `Ligatures'.

See the xkeyval package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.28 \setromanfont{Arno Pro}

But (to me) that is not important, because the first line worked well.

Thanks again!

Vic

[frabjous]

The commands do the same thing so you certainly don't need both. I'd guess, however, that you're using an older version of fontspec than I am, in which case the command is what you need anyway.