[pdftex] pdflatex produces ugly fonts

[Steffen Neumann]

Andreas Sliwka <goff at gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
>   why do pdf files created by latex look so ugly? Viewed in the acrobat

Check sources on latex and fonts. 
If you check Acroread->File->properties->fonts
you'll see type3 fonts, which are embedded bitmap fonts
for screen display. Your printer exchanges them with 
'real' scalable postscript type 1 fonts, and you're fine.

Select a proper postscript font 
(like usepackage{times}) in your header,
and bob is your uncle. (untested)

http://ltswww.epfl.ch/~dsanta/resources/type1
http://www.nd.edu/~lisa/mrobert2/makingpdf.html
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/publ-tips.html


So long,
Steffen


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