[OS X TeX] Pixelated sans serif fonts (in TeXShop)

Tue Aug 17 19:53:00 EDT 2004

On 8/17/04 2:23 PM, "Michael S. Hanson" <mshanson at wesleyan.edu> wrote:

> I am using \textsf{} to render some text in sans serif in a LaTeX
> document, and discovered that this font appears as a bitmapped or badly
> "pixelated" font in the PDF document as viewed by TeXShop on my
> desktop.  Oddly, I didn't have this font problem when I compiled the
> same LaTeX document on my PowerBook last night.  I thought both
> machines had the same gwTeX installation, but perhaps not.
> (Unfortunately, I do not have the PB in my office today to confirm.)
> 
> In any case, does anyone have suggestions for fixing this problem on
> my desktop?  I have attached what I think (hope?) might be the relevant
> output to the TeXShop console, but I frankly don't understand the
> TeXnical side of LaTeX to make heads or tails of it.  Thanks in advance
> for any assistance;  apologies for the length.
> 
> ----->8-----
> 
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/jknappen/
> ursfs.fd)kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecss1000
> mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1;
> nonstopmode; input ecss1000
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.2)
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
> kpathsea: Running mktexmf ecss1000
> mktexmf: /var/tmp/texfonts/source/jknappen/ec/ecss1000.mf: successfully
> generated.
> 
> (/var/tmp/texfonts/source/jknappen/ec/ecss1000.mf
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exbase.mf)
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/ecss.mf
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exroman.mf
> Ok  
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/
> exaccess.mf
> Ok)  
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/
> expseudo.mf
> Ok)  
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/
> exruwest.mf
> Ok [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] [200] [201] [202]
> [203]
> [204] [205] [206] [207] [208] [209] [210] [211] [212] [213] [214] [215]
> [216] [217] [218] [219] [220] [221] [222] [223])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrlwest.mf
> Ok [224] [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234]
> [235]
> [236] [237] [238] [239] [240] [241] [242] [243] [244] [245] [246] [247]
> [248] [249] [250] [251] [252] [253] [254] [255])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrueast.mf
> Ok [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] [136] [137] [138]
> [139]
> [140] [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149] [150] [151]
> [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [157])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrleast.mf
> Ok [158] [160] [161] [162] [163] [164] [165] [166] [167] [168] [169]
> [170]
> [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] [178] [179] [180] [181] [182]
> [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exbraces.mf
> Ok [94] [126] [23] [40] [41] [60] [124] [62] [91] [93] [92] [123] [125]
> [95] [127] [32])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/expunct.mf
> Ok [14] [15] [19] [20] [13] [18] [33] [39] [42] [43] [44] [46] [47]
> [58]
> [59] [61] [96] [189] [17] [45] [16] [21] [22])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exaccent.mf
> Ok [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exsign.mf
> Ok [24] [34] [35] [36] [37] [64] [191] [159])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrlig.mf
> Ok [25] [26] [28] [27] [29] [30] [31])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exromp.mf
> Ok [38] [63] [190])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrulett.mf
> Ok [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77]
> [78]
> [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrllett.mf
> Ok [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108]
> [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120]
> [121] [122])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrdigit.mf
> Ok [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrligtb.mf
> Ok) ) ) )
> Font metrics written on ecss1000.tfm.
> Output written on ecss1000.600gf (256 characters, 46404 bytes).
> Transcript written on ecss1000.log.
> mktextfm: /var/tmp/texfonts/tfm/jknappen/ec/ecss1000.tfm: successfully
> generated.
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecss0800
> mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1;
> nonstopmode; input ecss0800
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.2)
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx)
> kpathsea: Running mktexmf ecss0800
> mktexmf: /var/tmp/texfonts/source/jknappen/ec/ecss0800.mf: successfully
> generated.
> 
> (/var/tmp/texfonts/source/jknappen/ec/ecss0800.mf
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exbase.mf)
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/ecss.mf
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exroman.mf
> Ok  
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/
> exaccess.mf
> Ok)  
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/
> expseudo.mf
> Ok)  
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/
> exruwest.mf
> Ok [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] [200] [201] [202]
> [203]
> [204] [205] [206] [207] [208] [209] [210] [211] [212] [213] [214] [215]
> [216] [217] [218] [219] [220] [221] [222] [223])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrlwest.mf
> Ok [224] [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234]
> [235]
> [236] [237] [238] [239] [240] [241] [242] [243] [244] [245] [246] [247]
> [248] [249] [250] [251] [252] [253] [254] [255])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrueast.mf
> Ok [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] [136] [137] [138]
> [139]
> [140] [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149] [150] [151]
> [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [157])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrleast.mf
> Ok [158] [160] [161] [162] [163] [164] [165] [166] [167] [168] [169]
> [170]
> [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] [178] [179] [180] [181] [182]
> [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exbraces.mf
> Ok [94] [126] [23] [40] [41] [60] [124] [62] [91] [93] [92] [123] [125]
> [95] [127] [32])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/expunct.mf
> Ok [14] [15] [19] [20] [13] [18] [33] [39] [42] [43] [44] [46] [47]
> [58]
> [59] [61] [96] [189] [17] [45] [16] [21] [22])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exaccent.mf
> Ok [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exsign.mf
> Ok [24] [34] [35] [36] [37] [64] [191] [159])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrlig.mf
> Ok [25] [26] [28] [27] [29] [30] [31])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exromp.mf
> Ok [38] [63] [190])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrulett.mf
> Ok [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77]
> [78]
> [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrllett.mf
> Ok [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108]
> [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120]
> [121] [122])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrdigit.mf
> Ok [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57])
> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/source/jknappen/ec/exrligtb.mf
> Ok) ) ) )
> Font metrics written on ecss0800.tfm.
> Output written on ecss0800.600gf (256 characters, 37840 bytes).
> Transcript written on ecss0800.log.
> mktextfm: /var/tmp/texfonts/tfm/jknappen/ec/ecss0800.tfm: successfully
> generated.
> 
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Howdy,

Do you have the CMSuper fonts installed one one machine and not the other?
Just a guess.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)

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