TikZ rotated text looks washed

Question

I got that issue that a rotated text looks washed when you use the package: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

Sadly I can't reject the fontenc-package because it has a lot of dependencies to the rest of the project. Is there any workaround to handle this problem?

without package:

with package:

Example:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

%FONTS
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

%TIKZ LIBRARYS
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,shapes,shadows,arrows,backgrounds}
\tikzstyle{arrow}=[->, >=open triangle 60, thick, color=black]

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[arrow, rounded corners] (0,0) -- node[sloped, anchor=center, above] {I have a} node[sloped, anchor=center, below] {washed style :(} (-4,-4);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Your example compiles without any problems and the text is not washed out using fontenc. — AndréC, Mar 08 '19 at 08:38

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '19 at 08:47

Referring to the answer in Problem with siunitx and T1 fontenc , Adding \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} to your preamble will load a bitmap font by default. To fix this, you should install the cm-super package or load a vector font (for example lmodern or libertine).

With this, the code changes to:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

%FONTS
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}

%TIKZ LIBRARYS
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,shapes,shadows,arrows,backgrounds}
\tikzstyle{arrow}=[->, >=open triangle 60, thick, color=black]

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[arrow, rounded corners] (0,0) -- node[sloped, anchor=center, above] {I have a} node[sloped, anchor=center, below] {washed style :(} (-4,-4);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I understand the issue. Quiet easy, thanks a lot. :-) – Mar Tin Mar 08 '19 at 09:08 — Mar Tin, Mar 08 '19 at 09:08
@MarTin you are welcome :) – subham soni Mar 08 '19 at 09:11 — subham soni, Mar 08 '19 at 09:11

TikZ rotated text looks washed

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