[Assist] ecrm1000 font in texlive

[Arun I]

>> Are there any ways I can avoid this problem? Perhaps, there are 
>> alternative fonts I can use. Please help.
> 
> Use a Unicode TeX engine (XeTeX or LuaTeX) with OpenType fonts and 
> fontspec package, or the QX encoding for 8-bit TeX engines.  Don't 
> choose the T1 encoding regardless of what font you use, it always
> needs the EC font metrics.
> 

Yes, switching to the XeTex engine solves my problem. Thanks a lot!