How to Make Latex use Postscript Fonts Painlessly

Most Latex installations generate files with bitmapped fonts by default.  There are two easy ways to use Postscript fonts, creating smaller files that print more robustly and distill to better-looking pdf:

1. See if the following options work for your installation of dvips:
   

      dvips  -Ppdf -G0  -f  FILE.dvi >  FILE.ps

   Note the option -G0 (that is zero, not the letter O).  Without it your .ps file will have strange character substitutions!  These options make dvips substitute postscript for bitmapped versions of the TeX Computer Modern fonts, including all the mathematical symbols.
2. Use pdflatex instead of latex.  If you switch to pdflatex, the best way to include graphics is to include pdf images (rather than eps images) use the graphix package.