MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Pale Font in PDF Output

[kenny5432]

I have been using LaTeX for a couple of months now and I have notice that MiKTeX is producing PDF that looks pale. I didn't have this problem before and it's just started recently. I kept an old PDF and compiled again the same code to show the difference.

Thank you for your help.

[localghost]

Probably a font encoding problem. Looking at the document properties regarding the used fonts reveals that "before.pdf" contains high quality Type 1 fonts whereas "after.pdf" only uses Type 3 fonts of lower quality.

You can check that either in the document properties of your PDF viewer or by the command line tool »pdffonts« (part of XPDF).

The command line tool gives me this for "before.pdf" …

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name                                 type              encoding         emb sub uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- ---------
ZXQTCI+SFCC2074                      Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       5  0
SMFHIK+SFCC1440                      Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       6  0
KZZLAX+SFRM1000                      Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       7  0
CLTPYJ+SFRM1200                      Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       8  0
MEHLID+SFBX1728                      Type 1            Custom           yes yes no      13  0

… and this for "after.pdf".

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name                                 type              encoding         emb sub uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- ---------
[none]                               Type 3            Custom           yes no  no       5  0
[none]                               Type 3            Custom           yes no  no       6  0
[none]                               Type 3            Custom           yes no  no       7  0
[none]                               Type 3            Custom           yes no  no       8  0
[none]                               Type 3            Custom           yes no  no      13  0

The reason could be that after a new setup of the TeX system the cm-super package is not installed or that inside the document the Type 1 encoding has been turned off (I'm not really sure). This line enables the »Cork Encoding« (Type 1 encoding).

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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

For texts in other languages than English (e.g most European languages) you should use T1 encoding.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[kenny5432]

Thank you very much. you were right, the cm-super package was not installed.