[texhax] Latin Modern with Computer Modern-compatible metrics

[Philip Taylor]

William Adams wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
> 
>> For pdf(la)tex, you the originally-bluesky-now-AMS Type1 fonts are
>> used in the output PDF.
> 
> One option here would be to approach this at the DVI/PostScript level
> instead, replacing the calls to the bitmap fonts w/ calls to the
> equivalent Type 1 fonts.
> 
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/pkfix/
> 
> ISTR there are other such tools.

I don't understand.  Karl wrote that Pdf(La)TeX /does/ use
type-1 fonts; why would PKFIX or friends be needed ?

Philip Taylor