Pkfix

Infobox Software
name = pkfix



caption =
author = Heiko Oberdiek
developer =
released =
latest release version = 1.3
latest release date = 2005-02-25
latest preview version =
latest preview date =
programming language = Perl
operating system = Cross-platform
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language =
status = experimental
genre =
license = LaTeX Project Public License
website = http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pkfix/

PS files with embedded PK fonts (which are generated using dvips), when converted to PDF files, face a substantial loss of quality. This is due to the bitmapped fonts. To remedy this, one can use pkfix, if the sources DVI or $mathsf\{T!\_\{displaystyle\; E\}\; !\; X\}$ (TeX) files are unavailable.

pkfix is a Perl script which searches the PS file for comments on PK fonts (introduced by not too old dvips versions), and replaces the used PK fonts by the Type 1 ones.