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by gkbfj 1624 days ago
DVI files do not contain fonts. What happened here is that the DVI to PDF conversion targeted a low resolution bitmap output (for screen/download, not for printing). The vector font specified by the DVI file was rasterized at that point. Later, PDF compatible (PostScript) vector versions of the Computer Modern fonts became available.

https://wearables.cc.gatech.edu/resources/latex2pdf.html