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"Denis B. Roegel" <Denis.Roegel@loria.fr> writes:

Hello Denis,

> \type{--pdf} does not produce what I expect. I see only one
> resulting dash.

I guess you use the ae fonts... Everything is ok with the cmtt* fonts:

This is probably an old error in the ae fonts?!? The -- is a ligature
and the result is an en-dash. (Which has the same width as the regular
dash). Actually, it is a fontinst error. 

Patrick

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