Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview

[debian-user@howorth.org.uk]

"Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" <kleenesj@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> wrote:
> I've completed my U.S. tax forms in the fillable PDFs provided by the
> Internal Revenue Service.  Now I want to print them to (yes) submit
> through snail mail.
> 
> In the past, I was happy printing from Acrobat 9, which is still fine
> for display purposes.  But with my new printer (Brother DCP-L2640DW),
> printing from Acrobat fails.  The request gets to the printer, but
> localhost:631 shows "Can't detect file type".  So I've been happy
> printing from qpdfview, until now.  Now the dollar amounts I entered
> on the forms look OK in qpdfview's display but print in a very thin
> font.  Any ideas how to fix this?
> 
> Xpdf prints show a font that is a little too thick, and xpdf offers
> none of the printer's options (e.g. double-sided printing).  I don't
> try Evince (Gnome) or Okular (KDE) because I run the fvwm window
> manager.
> 
> Thanks.

So choose a different font that works!? Or use evince. Or give up and
read Bret's thoughtful contribution :)