[OS X TeX] LaTeX won't format emph

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Feb 1, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This morning, LaTeX just ceased to format \emph (and, occasionally, section titles) until 2nd typeset. Even after that, if I close TeXShop and re-open the tex file, the pdf is e.g.
> 
> <LaTeXsample1.pdf>
> 
> 
> So far, \emph worked in sserif and \textbf in both roman and sserif but now sserif does not work either:
> 
> <LaTeXsample2.pdf>
> 
> 
> I am beginning to get worried. It happened a couple of times a few years ago but I have forgotten what it was due to---and what to do.
> 
> It may have to do with my starting to use of \colorbox{yellow}{blah} (but I have used it a lot before without any problem.)
> 
> All log is saying is "LaTeX Font Warning: Some font shapes were not available, defaults substituted."
> 
> I am running TeXLive-2013 with TeXShop 2.47 under 10.5.8 on a Dual 1GHz PowerPC G4
> 
> 
> 
> Hopeful regards
> --schremmer

Howdy,

What font are you using? Could you supply a minimal working example for us to see? What does the faulty pdf look like when opened up in Preview and Adobe Reader? Could you include a faulty pdf?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)