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I have the following equation environment with cases:

\documentclass[preview,border=12pt]{standalone}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
  \operatorname{atan2}(y,x) := \begin{cases}
  \arctan\frac{y}{x} & \mathrm{if}\ x > 0\\
  \arctan\frac{y}{x} + \pi & \mathrm{if}\ x < 0,\ y \geq 0\\
  \arctan\frac{y}{x} - \pi & \mathrm{if}\ x < 0,\ y < 0\\
  +\pi/2 & \mathrm{if}\ x = 0,\ y > 0\\
  -\pi/2 & \mathrm{if}\ x = 0,\ y < 0\\
  0 & \mathrm{if}\ x = 0,\ y = 0
  \end{cases}
\end{equation*}
\end{document}

For some reason, the line of the brace is weirdly dotted:

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How can I get a nice continuous line there?

Update:

Here is a screenshot of the same thing in the newest Adobe Acrobat Reader; 400% Zoom:

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Update #2:

After zooming in even more, I just realized that the symbols which build the brace are pixelated instead of being smooth vectors like all other font glyphs. What could be the reason for this?

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What viewer are you using? A minimal working example (MWE) in article with just amsmath shows a clean and continuous brace in Adobe. – Werner Jul 13 '12 at 2:54
The same as what Werner said, I also got a perfect output, no weird brace. – Click Me Jul 13 '12 at 3:15
I have seen this problem before (but not quote this bad), and it was a problem with the viewer. Viewing it with Adobe Acrobat and zoning in showed a continuous brace. – Peter Grill Jul 13 '12 at 3:35
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The issue was just with the viewer. With your current MWE I see 5 breaks when viewed with the TeXWorks PDF viewer. With Acrobat (V 10.1.3 on Mac) I do see one break at 400%, but none at 800%. – Peter Grill Jul 13 '12 at 4:04
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Make sure you make a copy of it first. – Click Me Jul 13 '12 at 4:13
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Thanks everyone for your help. I removed all packages of the tempate which I had not used. As a next step, I tried to make a MWE from this.

Made a quick check first: I built the pdf file and the effect was gone!

I have no clue which package or setting it was exactly, but I obviously didnt need it anyhow.

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It would be helpful if you would post a complete MWE with the packages necessary to reproduce this problem in case others encounter it. – Peter Grill Jul 14 '12 at 16:27

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