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I see \fcolorbox making very thin white lines between the border of a box and the dark background and at the corners of the border. Here is an example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\begin{document}

\fcolorbox{black}{black}{\quad}


\end{document}

When enlarged, the result looks like the following when viewed in macOS Preview.app:

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How can I remove those lines for \fcolorbox? Thanks.

Remove thin white line in dark colored cells and Very thin white line in colortbl deal with the problem for \columncolor.

chan1142
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    Rendering problem --- okular and evince show lines or not depending on the magnification. I tend to blame antialiasing algorithms normally (well, basically the exception to the antialiasing algorithm that is added to avoid wiping out sub-pixel lines, that is). – Rmano Jul 01 '21 at 06:51
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    There is no point using \fcolorbox with the same color for the background and the frame. You should use \colorbox instead and you will never have thin white lines since you will have only one colored rectangle... – F. Pantigny Jul 01 '21 at 10:44
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    Oh, I used the same color to make the lines clear and noticeable. But, anyway, thanks for pointing it out. – chan1142 Jul 01 '21 at 10:51

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This is a rendering problem --- okular and evince show lines or not depending on the magnification. I tend to blame antialiasing algorithms normally (well, basically the exception to the antialiasing algorithm that is added to avoid wiping out sub-pixel lines, that is).

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...this is what each one of the viewers thinks it's a 400% zoom .

You can try to see if a TikZ equivalent (which draws the background in a different way) comes out more resilient to the problem.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\tikzcolorbox}[3]{\tikz[baseline]\node[fill=#1,draw=#2]{#3 };}
\begin{document}

\fcolorbox{black}{black}{\quad\textcolor{white}{Text}\quad}


\tikzcolorbox{black}{black}{\quad\textcolor{white}{Text}\quad}


\end{document}

It seems to fix the problem at least in evince:

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  • Thanks. Would there be a way to enlarge the background part marginally (like the overhang option of \cellcolor) so that white lines are hidden on all viewers? – chan1142 Jul 01 '21 at 08:12
  • No, sorry, I don't know it. But what do you need to put into the \framebox? Because if you just want a black blob maybe a \vrule will work much better. – Rmano Jul 01 '21 at 08:21
  • Thanks. It was just an example. I have put texts in many \fcolorboxs in a document and some people noticed and mentioned (complained about) the white lines. I was wondering if I could \renewcommand it somehow. Anyway I'm glad it's a viewer problem. – chan1142 Jul 01 '21 at 08:24
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    I added a possible TikZ solution --- it fixes the problem in evince, YMMV.... – Rmano Jul 01 '21 at 08:50
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    Superb! Thanks! – chan1142 Jul 01 '21 at 08:53