2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mandoc.c b/mandoc.c
index e9cfc632..b60691a2 100644
--- a/mandoc.c
+++ b/mandoc.c
@@ -369,8 +369,15 @@ out:
 
 	switch (gly) {
 	case (ESCAPE_FONT):
-		if (1 != rlim)
+		/*
+		 * Pretend that the constant-width font modes are the
+		 * same as the regular font modes.
+		 */
+		if (2 == rlim && 'C' == *rstart)
+			rstart++;
+		else if (1 != rlim)
 			break;
+
 		switch (*rstart) {
 		case ('3'):
 			/* FALLTHROUGH */
diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index d67e374e..b82020d0 100644
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I (italic), R (regular), or P
 (revert to previous mode).
 A numerical representation 3, 2, or 1 (bold, italic, and regular,
 respectively) may be used instead.
+The indicator or numerical representative may be preceded by C
+(constant-width), which is ignored.
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact