Using the dvips and ps2pdf commands by themselves will result in a pdf file that has very poor font quality. To avoid this problem, first convert your dvi file `myfile.dvi' to a PostScript file by typing: dvips -Ppdf -D 10000 myfile.dvi -o myfile.PS To then convert the PostScript file `myfile.PS' to a pdf file type: ps2pdf -dCompatibilityLevel=1.2 -dSubsetFonts=false -dEmbedAllFonts=true myfile.PS myfile.pdf