Barankay, Iwan wrote:
Hi,
I am using the latest Lyx and chose lmodern (Latin Modern) as my default font.
When I generate pdfs the font looks just not sharp on screen. It prints fine
but I want it to look sharp on screen. I hunted through the mailing list but
could not find a solution (e.g. adding lmodern to the preamble does not help).
When I use Times the pdfs look sharp on screen but I would really like to keep
the Latin Modern or something that looks like it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Iwan
Hi,
You may have problems to find a font looking sharp everywhere, because
it's also dependent on the viewer software (a lot) and some OS settings
('OS' in the widest meaning):
On Windows XP, for example, pdf with latin modern sans-serif look sharp
on screen when using Adobe Reader 8 or GSview, but do not look so sharp
with Sumatra (0.9) or Foxit reader 3. There are two different display
modes in Foxit (both not-good-looking) and three in Adobe Reader. And
there are yet other alternatives...
I guess it may be more uniform on linux, as most readers share libraries
(poppler, etc.), but Foxit and Adobe Reader may still differ.
Sorry for the somehow bad news, but I'm afraid there is no universal
answer. Good luck in your quest.
Best regards,
Olivier
