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XeLaTeX produces wrong ellipsis
Consider this MWE:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
textellipsis /
ldots /
… /
...
end{document}
With pdfLaTeX, I get this result:
While XeLaTeX produces this:
The kerning is obviously wrong. Now, I understand that XeLaTeX is working with a Unicode glyph here, but I want to turn this replacement off for textellipsis (or ldots for that matter).
To be clear, 95% of the time I'm using pdfLaTeX, so this is not a big problem; I just want to understand what's going on.
xetex typography kerning
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
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Consider this MWE:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
textellipsis /
ldots /
… /
...
end{document}
With pdfLaTeX, I get this result:
While XeLaTeX produces this:
The kerning is obviously wrong. Now, I understand that XeLaTeX is working with a Unicode glyph here, but I want to turn this replacement off for textellipsis (or ldots for that matter).
To be clear, 95% of the time I'm using pdfLaTeX, so this is not a big problem; I just want to understand what's going on.
xetex typography kerning
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
1355
add a comment |
Consider this MWE:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
textellipsis /
ldots /
… /
...
end{document}
With pdfLaTeX, I get this result:
While XeLaTeX produces this:
The kerning is obviously wrong. Now, I understand that XeLaTeX is working with a Unicode glyph here, but I want to turn this replacement off for textellipsis (or ldots for that matter).
To be clear, 95% of the time I'm using pdfLaTeX, so this is not a big problem; I just want to understand what's going on.
xetex typography kerning
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
1355
Consider this MWE:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
textellipsis /
ldots /
… /
...
end{document}
With pdfLaTeX, I get this result:
While XeLaTeX produces this:
The kerning is obviously wrong. Now, I understand that XeLaTeX is working with a Unicode glyph here, but I want to turn this replacement off for textellipsis (or ldots for that matter).
To be clear, 95% of the time I'm using pdfLaTeX, so this is not a big problem; I just want to understand what's going on.
xetex typography kerning
xetex typography kerning
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
1355
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
1355
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
1355
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
1355
asked Jan 12 at 14:35
vbwxvbwx
1355
1355
add a comment |
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With XeLaTeX, textellipsis is defined to produce the … character U+2026. Since ldots used in text mode is the same as textellipsis, this is the command to be changed.
You can avoid this and also make … produce ldots:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{newunicodechar}
UndeclareTextCommand{textellipsis}{TU}
newunicodechar{…}{ldots}
begin{document}
textellipsis X
ldots X
…X
...X
end{document}
Using three period in a row is always wrong.
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
I agree, I would never use three periods in a row, I just included that for the sake of comparison.
– vbwx
Jan 12 at 15:26
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With XeLaTeX, textellipsis is defined to produce the … character U+2026. Since ldots used in text mode is the same as textellipsis, this is the command to be changed.
You can avoid this and also make … produce ldots:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{newunicodechar}
UndeclareTextCommand{textellipsis}{TU}
newunicodechar{…}{ldots}
begin{document}
textellipsis X
ldots X
…X
...X
end{document}
Using three period in a row is always wrong.
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
I agree, I would never use three periods in a row, I just included that for the sake of comparison.
– vbwx
Jan 12 at 15:26
add a comment |
With XeLaTeX, textellipsis is defined to produce the … character U+2026. Since ldots used in text mode is the same as textellipsis, this is the command to be changed.
You can avoid this and also make … produce ldots:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{newunicodechar}
UndeclareTextCommand{textellipsis}{TU}
newunicodechar{…}{ldots}
begin{document}
textellipsis X
ldots X
…X
...X
end{document}
Using three period in a row is always wrong.
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
I agree, I would never use three periods in a row, I just included that for the sake of comparison.
– vbwx
Jan 12 at 15:26
add a comment |
With XeLaTeX, textellipsis is defined to produce the … character U+2026. Since ldots used in text mode is the same as textellipsis, this is the command to be changed.
You can avoid this and also make … produce ldots:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{newunicodechar}
UndeclareTextCommand{textellipsis}{TU}
newunicodechar{…}{ldots}
begin{document}
textellipsis X
ldots X
…X
...X
end{document}
Using three period in a row is always wrong.
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
With XeLaTeX, textellipsis is defined to produce the … character U+2026. Since ldots used in text mode is the same as textellipsis, this is the command to be changed.
You can avoid this and also make … produce ldots:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{newunicodechar}
UndeclareTextCommand{textellipsis}{TU}
newunicodechar{…}{ldots}
begin{document}
textellipsis X
ldots X
…X
...X
end{document}
Using three period in a row is always wrong.
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
answered Jan 12 at 14:48
egregegreg
719k8719053203
719k8719053203
I agree, I would never use three periods in a row, I just included that for the sake of comparison.
– vbwx
Jan 12 at 15:26
add a comment |
I agree, I would never use three periods in a row, I just included that for the sake of comparison.
– vbwx
Jan 12 at 15:26
I agree, I would never use three periods in a row, I just included that for the sake of comparison.
– vbwx
Jan 12 at 15:26
I agree, I would never use three periods in a row, I just included that for the sake of comparison.
– vbwx
Jan 12 at 15:26
add a comment |
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