Odd Christer Brovig's Blog » pdf http://www.brovig.org/blog random thoughts on everything and nothing Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:16:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Miktex/latex doesnt render text in pdfs properly http://www.brovig.org/blog/2008/08/04/miktexlatex-doesnt-render-text-in-pdfs-properly/ http://www.brovig.org/blog/2008/08/04/miktexlatex-doesnt-render-text-in-pdfs-properly/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:09:36 +0000 Odd Christer Brovig http://www.brovig.org/blog/2008/08/04/miktexlatex-doesnt-render-text-in-pdfs-properly/ Continue reading →]]> Symptom: When producing pdfs with latex (miktex distro) it uses bitmap fonts, resulting in text that it is not possible to either select or search.
Solution: install the cm-super fonts with the miktex package manager (large package), or use the \usepackage{lmodern} command to use the lmodern fonts that are included with miktex.

This post at miktex support forum outlines the symptoms, cause and solution.

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