[OS X TeX] ligature fi not appearing

[Jonathan Kew]

On 14 May 2009, at 00:49, David Watson wrote:

> Add
>    \usepackage[applemac]{inputenc}
> to your preamble, and hopefully that will clear it up.

Better: replace the "fi" characters in your file with normal "fi"  
sequences, and leave it up to TeX and the fonts to provide the  
appropriate ligatures on the fly. Similarly for "fl", if you've used  
that. Using these in source text is not necessary or helpful, and will  
only lead to grief.

JK