Why does \texttt not work on braces?

Asked Apr 17 '22 at 12:25

Active Apr 18 '22 at 05:53

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Why does \texttt not work on \textbraceleft or \{? Is there any solution to solve this?

    \documentclass{article}
    \begin{document}
    \texttt{\textbraceleft} \texttt{\{} \verb|{|
    \end{document}

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edited Apr 18 '22 at 05:53

asked Apr 17 '22 at 12:25

M. Logic

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use \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}. – Ulrike Fischer Apr 17 '22 at 12:27
@UlrikeFischer Because of encoding? – M. Logic Apr 17 '22 at 12:34
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The default OT1 encoding has various curious properties as it supports only 128 chars and should better be avoided. Load always T1 with pdflatex. – Ulrike Fischer Apr 17 '22 at 12:39
Check the font table in texdoc encguide -- actually not there's only table of cmr10 here not cmtt10 -- nevertheless cmtt10 font does have {}, but not cmr10. – user202729 Apr 17 '22 at 12:45
The cause && explanation is pretty much identical to characters - Underscores in words (text) - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange . – user202729 Apr 17 '22 at 12:48
Wait actually it's duplicate of https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/181118/how-to-escape-curly-braces-within-texttt?rq=1 (just notice it on the related question) but the answer there is a little worse... – user202729 Apr 18 '22 at 05:43
@user202729 Well, I searched the key words before asking the question but didn't find it.... – M. Logic Apr 18 '22 at 05:45
I didn't find it either, only notice it only related panel to the right -- anyway having more question for signpost might be useful. – user202729 Apr 18 '22 at 05:45

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