[OS X TeX] ligature fi not appearing

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 13, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> 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


Howdy,

And ffi and ffl and possibly other ligatures.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)