[XeTeX] XeTeX and ligatures for dashes

[David Perry]

Maybe change

\setmainfont[Mapping=TeX-text]{CMU Serif}

to have a lowercase "tex-text"?

That's how I have it in my preambles and it works, although I don't use 
CMU Serif.

David


heliotropion wrote:
> Greetings, list!
> 
> I seem to be having a problem (described here:
> http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=xetex_faq#ligs):
> dashes are not replaced by the appropriate ligatures in XeTeX. I am
> using the OpenType version of the Computer Modern
> typeface ("CMU Serif"), introduced into the preamble by
>     \setmainfont[Mapping=TeX-text]{CMU Serif}
> I have also tried inserting
>     \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> yet the ligatures won't show.
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Thanks,
> Al.