[OS X TeX] Update: Dissertation due and long dashes are faint.

[Brian Burge-Hendrix]

Greetings!

I'd like to thank everyone who offered advice as to how to solve the 
problem I had with faint long dashes in my dissertation.

The majority opinion held that it would be best to switch from Computer 
Modern to Latin Modern. Someone said that it was installed by default, 
but that does not seem to be the case with my setup. I'm not willing to 
switch typestyles before the dissertation is defended -- only six more 
weeks! -- so for the time being I implemented a quick and dirty 
solution by using \bfseries where my long dashes appeared.

  Once again, thanks to the list members for all your help. I look 
forward to installing Latin Modern ... after the dissertation is 
defended!

Cheers,
   Brian

[My original description of the problem follows...]

On 16 Jun 2004, at 10:24, Brian Burge-Hendrix wrote:

>
> Greetings!
>
> I am (finally) printing my dissertation to submit it for defence, but 
> cannot solve a very frustrating and annoying problem.
>
> My long dashes (---) are *very* faint when the text is set in 12 
> point. Of course, they're just fine at 11 point ... but university 
> regulations demand that the dissertation be in 12 point! I'm 
> completely at a loss as to the root cause of the problem, but I *need* 
> to submit the dissertation. (Perhaps I don't need to, but after years 
> of work I'd really *like* to.)
>
> It would be an unbelievable pain to switch typestyles at this point. 
> Are there any kind souls who know of a quick and dirty solution --- or 
> any feasible solution --- to make the long dashes legible again?
>
> Help!
>
> Regards,
>   Brian
>
>
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