Double chevron instead of guillemets

Question

Here's a minimal working example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\texttt{>>}
\end{document}

This makes a right guillemet. I'd like a double chevron. If I comment out the fontenc package, I indeed get a double chevron. Any advice?

With T1 fontend you should get a right guillemet, but without it you shouldn't be getting a double chevron; are you sure you haven't left something out? — , May 20 '13 at 14:57
A "chevron" is an upside-down v - are you sure that's what you mean? Or do you just mean a "greater-than" symbol? — John Wickerson, May 20 '13 at 15:51

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '13 at 16:33

6

You can use the microtype package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{microtype}

%% disable the << and >> ligatures in typewriter type
\DisableLigatures[<,>]{encoding=T1,family=tt*}

\begin{document}
\texttt{<<abc>>}

<<abc>>
\end{document}

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answered May 20 '13 at 16:33

egreg

1,121,712

This works, but it changes the font of the whole document. – Andreina Mar 17 '16 at 16:03
@Andreina In what sense? – egreg Mar 17 '16 at 17:32
to be honest, it was imperceptible to the naked eye, but I think it was only changing the spacing. Anyway, I managed to fix it by adding this:
\usepackage[protrusion=false,expansion=false]{microtype}

Either it's a normal problem or it happened because I'm using the lncs style.
– Andreina Mar 19 '16 at 10:38

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '13 at 15:49

5

You can break up the two > symbols by putting {} between them, like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\texttt{>{}>}
\end{document}

answered May 20 '13 at 15:49

John Wickerson

14,559

Thanks! Works for me, but I find it annoying to have to do it every time... – Andreina Mar 17 '16 at 16:04

Double chevron instead of guillemets

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