racket / racket/scribble

Quotes and backticks rendered as curly single quotes in pdf

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Description

Rendering

@verbatim["`(+ 1 2)"]

with scribble --pdf causes the backtick to be displayed as a curly left single quote instead of a backtick.

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Reproduce the issue by rendering the provided @verbatim example with scribble --pdf; inspect the PDF output and the rendering path responsible for quoted text. Confirm the fix by verifying that the backtick remains a backtick rather than becoming a curly left single quote.

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Domain
documentation
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Stale
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Mostly clear
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