I cannot reproduce this on a clean dapper, fonts look good (including accents) right after a fresh tetex-exta installation. If you still have this problem, then please attach an example .tex file, then I'll reopen this bug.
** Changed in: tetex-base (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- pdflatex fonts broken in tetex-extra https://launchpad.net/bugs/21800 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs