FYI: a new set of type1 fonts, based on the computer modern family (LaTeX's standard font) is available on ctan.
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/lm/ The family, which is told to be of high quality, covers all cm glyphs and lots of accented and special characters. Though it is still in prerelease state, it is quite complete and usable. Furthermore, the installation is rather small (especially compared to the huge cm-super package, which is another type1-variant of cm). Here are some installation instructions http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=uselmfonts Juergen.
