On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Peter Prevos wrote: >I would like to create pdf files from my LyX files, but when I do that I get >a very nasty looking PDF file. The fonts look horrible.
That a problem with Acroread. You could select "pslatex" from Layout/Document/Fonts menu in LyX. That should be the easiest fix (but there are other better fixes too).