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PS not rendering

Update 2: I've found the same error report here: http://latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11957&f=19 However this individual is using LyX and I'm using TeXWorks. So "So it seems the error ...
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Different rendering between TeX Live and MiKTeX? [closed]

I'm working with LaTeX both with TeX Live on Linux and MiKTeX on Windows. I though that both system were equivalent, but I have some tex files that produce underfull hboxes on one system and not on ...
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Bad kerning with dvipng

I am using dvipng to render sans serif documents, and the results are especially bad. At the default resolution (100 dpi IIRC), there are some serious kerning issues. Here, I rendered with two sans ...
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Formulae PNG anti-aliasing [closed]

I would like to render formulae in PNG format for use in various websites. The problem is, every rendering tool I've come across seems to assume a particular background color to perform anti-aliasing, ...
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~ does not produce the desired behaviour and is rendered [closed]

Consider the following .tex document \documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} F.~Bar \end{document} Somehow the document gets rendered as this (using texi2pdf) The problem does not ...
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TikZ with “remember picture” compiled with pdflatex yields different results compared to dvips -> ps2pdf

The following document \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{shapes} \usetikzlibrary{arrows} \usetikzlibrary{positioning} \begin{document} ...
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IEEE Sample File Does Not Display In LyX 2.0.3 [closed]

I have LyX 2.0.3 on my MacBookPro and need to write a document using the IEEE document style. At first, I had trouble with not having some of the package dependencies. I was able to fix this by ...
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Pixel-perfect vertical alignment of image-rendered TeX snippets?

What is the most accurate way to automatically calculate the text baseline in an image that has been rendered from a TeX snippet—so that the rendered image can be given proper vertical alignment in a ...
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Why does my PDF render differently in Windows and Linux?

I'm not trying anything fancy just a plain vanilla \title{Practical Node.js } However, in Linux the results look great (Document Viewer 3.2.1) In windows it looks absolutely terrible (Adobe ...
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Drawing a proper shadow for overlapping objects

I draw images that are composed of several overlapping nodes. If I add a drop shadow to each node, the shadow of the second node is drawn over the first node, as seen in the picture below (which ...
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Ugly font rendering [closed]

I've seen several recommendations of using T1 encoding \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}, so I did. But I did notice a difference in font rendering, and it's not prettier. Old OT1: T1 encoding: I know the ...
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What commands/environments are supported by jLatexMath?

Is there documentation on which commands are available? For example right now I cant even \\ to get linebreaks, however \textcolor{red}{\mathfrak{A}rea}A=\pi r^2 works perfectly...
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TeX rendering in a Java application

I want to render math formulas in my Java GUI application. I am looking for a library made for computer use, not web use, which can render TeX. I have already tried jLatexMath, but it's very slow when ...
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Will reusing \sbox-ed cmds reduce DVI/PDF size?

I wonder wheither reusing \sbox'es decreases only .tex code or also its final output whether DVI/PDF/... i.e. does TeX expand them while writing DVI or PDF or does the viewer do that? For example ...
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MathJax - how to render equations in “title” atribute? [closed]

Is it possible to force MathJax to render equations that are in title attribute of img or other element ? e.g. <img src="xx.png title =" $$ \frac {3}{4}} $$ "> now it don't work. Page ...
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TeXmacs font rendering [closed]

TeXmacs does not appear to use subpixel rendering of fonts. Subpixel rendering, also known as color anti-aliasing, can improve the appearance of text on an LCD screen. The latest version ...
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How to improve rendering

The rendering above the red line(zoomed in) was a result of: \documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran} The rendering below the red line(zoomed in) was a result of: \documentclass[journal]{AIAA} Why is ...
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How to get correct rendering for \dh \TH (ð þ Þ)?

I have some references containing \dh and \TH. When using these symbols in either the LaTeX source or the .bib file I only get a black box. Neither \dh nor ð works. According to the documentation, T1 ...
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Box border lines not showing properly on PDF

I have the following code that generate a box with text content: \documentclass{report} \usepackage{color} \usepackage{lipsum} \newcommand\tipbox[1]{% \begin{center}% ...
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Is there a way to make standard LaTex PDF output look good *on screen* as well

While LaTeX-based PDFs are generally very good when printed, I find most of them really hard and annoying to read on-screen when viewing the full page. Most line widths are very small, which results ...
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Space between emphasized word and parenthesis

When I have the following text (\emph{WSJ}) the J will touch the parenthesis in an ugly way (my opinion). Is LaTeX supposed to keep some space there? How can I get some more space there in a a nice ...