Re: Smart quotes with roman, sans serif and mono fonts and LaTeX

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

In a raw LaTeX context, smart quote recognition won't work.
Use unicode curly quotes inside \textsf{...}.



"R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar" <chyavana-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I want to get smart quotes with a sans serif font with LaTeX/PDF output 
> from markdown input.
>
> The quotes I got with \textsf{"This is it."} were not paired, but two of 
> the same.
>
> My MWE, in a file named quotes.md, is:
>
> ---
> mainfont: "Noto Serif"
> sansfont: "Noto Sans"
> monofont: "Noto Mono"
> ---
>
> "This is it."
>
> \textrm{"This is it."}
>
> \textsf{"This is it."}
>
> \texttt{"This is it."}
>
> `"This is it."`
>
> ---End of MWE---
>
> When compiled with
>
> pandoc -f markdown -t latex --pdf-engine lualatex --output quotes.pdf 
> quotes.md
>
> I get properly paired quotes when used outside of \textrm declaration, 
> but not within it.
>
> Of course, the monofont does not have two types of quotes and so appears 
> the same in both invocations.
>
> My question is how do I get correctly paired sans serif quotes to show 
> up in the PDF?
>
> I do not want to do
>
> \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
>
> since I wish to have the sans serif font only in selected parts of the 
> output.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chandra
>
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