[OS X TeX] ligature fi not appearing

[David Watson]

I got similar results to yours, and then I checked whether the  
ligature was due to a problem with the source.
Lo and behold, the fi in question is actually not the letter "f"  
followed by "i".
You may need to specify an input encoding.

On May 13, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jason Davies wrote:

> Herbert Schulz wrote on 13/5/09 at 23:49
>
>> It appears that you are using a URW Times font. Could you provide a
>> minimal, but complete and compilable, example document so we can see
>> what may be causing the problem?
>
>
> Hi Herbert
>
> Not sure if this list will allow attachments so i've pasted also  
> below. THis is the errant file with virtually all the text removed  
> except one suitable sentence -- all commands are intact.
<snip>