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Courier changes double dash to an em-dash.

Posted: 2009-10-27 16:58:18
by MarioMilosevic
Anyone know how to stop the Courier font from converting two consecutive dashes into an em-dash? I want to keep the two dashes as they are, but I can't find a place to tell Nisus to leave the two dashes alone. This doesn't happen in any other fonts I use. Only in Courier. Help!

Re: Courier changes double dash to an em-dash.

Posted: 2009-10-27 17:35:42
by martin
I wasn't able to observe this behavior with either Courier or Courier New. What version of OSX are you using?

One thing to check: did you ever add a QuickFix substitution for some language you are working in? Perhaps it's the language attribute and not the font that's triggering the change.

Re: Courier changes double dash to an em-dash.

Posted: 2009-10-27 19:14:36
by MarioMilosevic
I'm using 10.5.8.

I looked in quickfix. The only language I ever use is English (U.S.) I never added a quickfix substitution for this.

So I'm still at a loss as to what to do.

Re: Courier changes double dash to an em-dash.

Posted: 2009-10-28 14:35:17
by martin
Could you send us an example document using the menu Help > Send Feedback? It may not help us discover the cause of the unwanted change, but at least I'll be sure about what exactly we're dealing with.

Re: Courier changes double dash to an em-dash.

Posted: 2009-10-28 19:04:56
by MarioMilosevic
I sent the report. Thanks.

Mario

Re: Courier changes double dash to an em-dash.

Posted: 2009-11-03 16:44:07
by martin
In case anyone runs into a similar problem: this ended up being a font problem. Reinstalling Courier fixed the issue for Mario.