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Hoping that this is not off-topic: the MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{sansmathfonts}
\begin{document}
$E=\sqrt{p^2+m^2}$
\end{document}

produces a correct pdf output when processed with pdflatex, as well as a correct dvi file when latex is used. (TeXLive2016 on a opensuse machine.) However, after I run dvips and open the ps file with gv this is the result

enter image description here

Converting the ps file to a pdf with ps2pdf still shows the picture above. My first idea was that the fonts were not properly installed, but dvips does not complain tough. Here is its output:

This is dvips(k) 5.996 Copyright 2016 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2017.02.13:1139' -> mwe.ps
</usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/tex.pro></usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/texps.pro>
. </usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmss8.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/sansmathfonts/cmssex10.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmss10.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/sansmathfonts/cmssmi10.pfb>[1]

Any suggestion is welcome :-)

EDIT: Just checked that using dvipdfmx works fine, so this might be a pointless question

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  • You might want to mention exactly how you get the image you show. (I get the same using latex+dvips+gv) – daleif Feb 13 '17 at 10:54
  • Also converting the .ps to .pdf using ps2pdf also give the bad result on my system – daleif Feb 13 '17 at 10:56
  • On a MiKTeX system, with Ghostview I have the same problem. However, the .pdf directly produced by dvipdfmx is OK. – Bernard Feb 13 '17 at 10:57

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This due to an error in the map-file sansmathfonts.map.

The map contains entries like this

   cmsssy10 cmsssy10 <cmsssy10.pfb

The middle argument should be the font name. But looking in cmsssy10.pfb one can see that the font name is not cmsssy10:

  /FontName /ComputerModernSans-Regular10pt def

While pdflatex normally ignores such errors dvips is much more picky and all sort of curious things can happen.

When I correct in psfonts.map the entry to 

  cmsssy10 ComputerModernSans-Regular10pt <cmsssy10.pfb

dvips gives the correct output. You should report the bug to the author of sansmathfonts. He/she should either correct the map files or the font names in the pfb.

Edit

The problem has been corrected. With a new version of the package everything is fine.

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