[XeTeX] Palatino and mapping error? - OT

[Alex Hamann]

Ok, I have to admit that I am not sure about the correct spelling in  
this case (even though the rules of the German Duden would imply a  
"-"). The problem was brought to my attention by a friend and the  
text with the publisher's name is not meant for publishing.  So I can  
not really say anything about it besides that I would personally  
write it with a "-".

alex



Am 31.07.2007 um 08:43 schrieb John Was:

> Sine Klett-Cotta  is the name of a respected academic publisher I  
> think we
> can assume they get it right (with hyphen).  I hope so since that's  
> how I've
> always given it, imitating the usage on their books....
>
>
> John
>
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>
> Hi Joachim,
>
> On 31/07/2007, at 9:17 AM, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote:
>
>> Am 29.07.2007 um 19:24 schrieb Alex Hamann:
>>
>>> \begin{document}
>>> im Klett--Cotta Verlag
>>> \end{document}
>>
>> Since your problem is solved now: Why do you think you should use an
>> en-dash in this case? It's neither a »Gedankenstrich« nor an
>> »Erstreckungsstrich« (two kinds of dashes in german typography), so
>> one should use a short hyphen (»Bindestrich«) between the two names.
>> A quick look in some books from Klett-Cotta on my bookshelfs doesn't
>> show any dashes either.
>
> This is German, so I have no opinion.
> But if it were English, the the issue would ride on whether
> the name comes from one or two people.
>
> Klett-Cotta would refer to a single person inheriting names
> from different parents; e.g. a woman formerly named Klett
> marrying a Cotta and retaining both names.
>
> Klett--Cotta would be something formed by people named Klett
> and Cotta; e.g. a jointly authored research paper.
>
>
> In practice, most people do not know about such niceties
> of typesetting, so you mostly see just Klett-Cotta also
> in the latter case. Hence just looking at common usage
> need not really be a good indication of what is "correct".
>
>
> Since you mention the German names  »Gedankenstrich«
> and  »Erstreckungsstrich«  would you tell me just what
> these are please? Are they the  endash  and  emdash ?
> Or something else?  And what are the rules on their usage?
>
>
>
>>
>> Just curious,
>
> So am I.
> But about something else.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ross
>
>> joachim
>>
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