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Hraban wrote:

> If I use < or > in my text, it becomes "spanish" ! and ? (¡, ¿)
> I thought these characters could be used "plain"?
> Must I use some macro? I tried \< \less \textless (only errors).
> 
> (I've got tables with symbols only for LaTeX, sorry)

Try:

	{\tttf <}

or

	\type{<}

The < in your input maps to a different character in your font table
than you expect. Switching to typewriter fonts usually works fine.

-- 
Groetjes,

Berend. (-: