Smaller-than symbol ('<') in \text environment gets converted into upside down exclamation mark

Question

I want to typeset the < symbol in a string of text inside a math environment using the \text command from the amsmath package. However, for some reason it render something like

\text{<-wrt}

to

¡-wrt

Why does amsmath do that, and how can I stop it from 'interpreting' my text?

try \textless possible dupplicate with https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2369/why-do-the-less-than-symbol-and-the-greater-than-symbol-appear-wrong-as check the answer there — koleygr, Aug 25 '17 at 15:00

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 25 '17 at 15:45

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Use this code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} %%% <--- NOTE THIS

\begin{document}

\begin{equation}
    \text{<-wrt}
\end{equation}

\end{document}

edited Aug 25 '17 at 15:45

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answered Aug 25 '17 at 15:06

Giacomo Alessandroni

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Smaller-than symbol ('<') in \text environment gets converted into upside down exclamation mark

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