siunitx: µ not rendering properly

Asked Sep 05 '18 at 21:35

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I've recently started using siunitx and have a small problem with the letter µ. It does not seem to render properly and looks quite pixelated while the rest is perfectly fine.

Here's a MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\SI{1}{\um}
\end{document}

That's what I get as a result:

Does anyone have an idea what might cause that?

asked Sep 05 '18 at 21:35

User591823

Welcome to TeX SX! What is your distribution? – Bernard Sep 05 '18 at 21:37
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For me on latest TeX Live the micro symbol renders just fine. – Skillmon Sep 05 '18 at 21:40
I'm using MiKTeX, version 2.9.6800. – User591823 Sep 05 '18 at 21:52
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The μ is pixellated because the compiler doen't find the postscript (vector) fonts, so it uses bitmap fonts (Type 3 in postscript parlance). Run MiKTeX Console (Admin mode), and in the Tasks menu, select Refresh font map files to update the database of postscript fonts. – Bernard Sep 05 '18 at 22:10
That doesn't seem to make a difference but thanks for the suggestion. In case the information helps, nu for example works fine. – User591823 Sep 05 '18 at 22:22
But the μ as a symbol for micro is not the standard mu. It is an upright mu, with a small serif at the bottom. I don't know from which font it is taken. – Bernard Sep 05 '18 at 23:35
It seems the \micro symbol is just the \textmu glyph from textcomp. – Bernard Sep 05 '18 at 23:49
Is the cm-super package installed? – Ulrike Fischer Sep 06 '18 at 06:14
No, it wasn't. It is now and solved the problem. Thanks a lot! – User591823 Sep 06 '18 at 09:50

siunitx: µ not rendering properly

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