Re: dvips and computer modern fonts

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Apparently, _Stephan Otto_, on 23/01/05 10:29,typed:
> Hi,
>
> after fiddling a while with different fonts in latex, I'm stuck with
> the following problem:
>
> When I use latex with default (computer modern) fonts, and dvips with
> default (outline) fonts, the result looks very bad in ghostscript. The
> characters appear unclear and unequally sized. Only at magnifications
> of 4 and above, they become even.
>
> However, using dvips with bitmap fonts or using postscript fonts in latex
> and dvips produces smooth output. I can also create flawless pdf's (with
> dvipdfm) and printouts from all font combinations.
>
> As a reference, I took a postscript file made by someone else (on another
> machine), that also uses computer modern outline fonts, and it displays
> nicely in all sizes. Next, I copied the font descriptions from this file
> over into my file, but the problem persisted (besides the encoding
> mismatch).
>
> This is where my "expertise" ends. Any help is highly appreciated! I need
> the computer modern fonts for the boldmath part.
>
> I'm using a clean tetex installation with tetex-base 2.0.2c-3, tetex-bin
> 2.0.2-25 and tetex-extra 2.0.2c-3 on debian 3.1.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephan.

This is odd. There are two things I could suggest:
1) Check the latex command's output for warnings and errors (or even 
list the output here).
2) Try a minimal document and see if the problem persists.
3) try sending the source tex of the minimal document to someone else 
and try compilation on a different system (you could send it to me if 
you wish)


But apart from that, the problem you describe was more often observed in 
viewing PDF files made from latex source.

->HS
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