Yes, the relative size of the font will grow, as well as minor things, such as that the lines will thicken a bit. IOW, without the fix, if you output the same plot to a PDF, SVG, and PNG, the PDF will have a smaller font and thinner lines than the SVG and PNG.

It can be hard to tell without converting them to the same format for comparison, which is why I didn't spot this for so long. I just thought papers looked better when plots had slightly larger fonts.

I verified that the fix works by using the Gimp to convert a PDF and an SVG to two 500x500 images, and pasted one over the other.

Neil ⊥

On 04/04/2014 06:42 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
I'm not completely clear on the precise impact of old papers: will the
plot itself stay the same size, but the relative size of the font (to
the other plot elements) inside the plot change only? Or something else?

Robby


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Neil Toronto <neil.toro...@gmail.com
<mailto:neil.toro...@gmail.com>> wrote:

    I did it because I was tired of putting (plot-font-size 15) at the
    top of every program that produced a plot for a paper. Also, I think
    it was bad for the "preview" in DrRacket to look different from the
    PDFs. (Some of my plots in DrRacket had legends that badly
    overlapped the data in order to look right in PDF format.) It will
    cause existing PDF plots to have larger text, which could look wrong
    in plots that use the font size workaround. But I think it's the
    right move in the long run.

    Here's one thing I could do: document `plot-ps-setup' and export an
    `old-plot-ps-setup' that's the default instance of `ps-setup%', so
    programs that produce plots for papers could start this way:

       #lang racket
       (require plot)
       (plot-ps-setup old-plot-ps-setup)

    Maybe that parameter is useful after all.

    Neil ⊥


    On 04/03/2014 10:37 AM, Robby Findler wrote:

        Is efc46de backwards compatible? (I worry about breaking people's
        papers, specifically.)

        Robby


        On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:20 AM, <ntoro...@racket-lang.org
        <mailto:ntoro...@racket-lang.org>
        <mailto:ntoronto@racket-lang.__org
        <mailto:ntoro...@racket-lang.org>>> wrote:

             ntoronto has updated `master' from 87cfce97f9 to efc46ded6d.
        http://git.racket-lang.org/__plt/87cfce97f9..efc46ded6d
        <http://git.racket-lang.org/plt/87cfce97f9..efc46ded6d>

             =====[ 2 Commits
        ]=============================__=========================
             Directory summary:
                 8.2% pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/common/
                35.5% pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/no-gui/
                12.4% pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/plot3d/
                41.2% pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-test/plot/__tests/

             ~~~~~~~~~~

             c1550b6 Neil Toronto <neil.toro...@gmail.com
        <mailto:neil.toro...@gmail.com>
             <mailto:neil.toro...@gmail.com
        <mailto:neil.toro...@gmail.com>__>> 2014-04-02 22:06

             :
             | Remove unnecessary use of `remove-duplicates'
             :
                M .../plot-lib/plot/private/__plot3d/bsp.rkt          |
        11 +--
                M .../plot-test/plot/tests/__plot3d-bsp-tests.rkt     | 91
             ++++++++------------

             ~~~~~~~~~~

             efc46de Neil Toronto <neil.toro...@gmail.com
        <mailto:neil.toro...@gmail.com>
             <mailto:neil.toro...@gmail.com
        <mailto:neil.toro...@gmail.com>__>> 2014-04-02 23:16

             :
             | Changed PDF/PS backend to use 1.0 x 1.0 scaling
             |
             | This makes plotting to a file the same (well, with slight
        differences)
             | regardless of file format. Scaling and other PS options
        are controlled
             | by a `plot-ps-setup' parameter. Not sure how useful that
        is, yet, so
             | it's undocumented.
             :
                M
        pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/no-gui/plot2d.rkt  | 14
             ++++++++------
                M
        pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/no-gui/plot3d.rkt  | 14
             ++++++++------
                M .../plot-lib/plot/private/__common/parameters.rkt
             |  9
             ++++++++-
                M .../plot-lib/plot/private/__contracted/parameters.rkt
             |  2 +-

             =====[ Overall Diff
        ]=============================__======================

             pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/common/parameters.rkt
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             ---
        OLD/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/common/__parameters.rkt
             +++
        NEW/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/common/__parameters.rkt
             @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
               ;; Parameters that control the look and behavior of plots.

               (require racket/contract unstable/parameter-group
             unstable/latent-contract/__defthing
             +         racket/class racket/draw
                        "contract.rkt"
                        "draw.rkt"
                        "axis-transform.rkt"
             @@ -107,11 +108,17 @@

               ;; Output

             +(define default-plot-ps-setup (new ps-setup%))
             +(send default-plot-ps-setup set-margin 0 0)
             +(send default-plot-ps-setup set-scaling 1 1)
             +
               (defparam plot-new-window? boolean? #f)
               (defparam plot-jpeg-quality (integer-in 0 100) 100)
               (defparam plot-ps/pdf-interactive? boolean? #f)
             +(defparam plot-ps-setup (is-a?/c ps-setup%)
        default-plot-ps-setup)

             -(define-parameter-group plot-output (plot-new-window?
             plot-jpeg-quality plot-ps/pdf-interactive?))
             +(define-parameter-group plot-output
             +  (plot-new-window? plot-jpeg-quality plot-ps/pdf-interactive?
             plot-ps-setup))

               ;; Labels



        pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/contracted/parameters.__rkt

        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~
             ---
        OLD/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/contracted/__parameters.rkt
             +++
        NEW/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/contracted/__parameters.rkt
             @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 plot3d-samples
                 plot3d-angle plot3d-altitude
                 plot3d-ambient-light plot3d-diffuse-light?
        plot3d-specular-light?
             -  plot-new-window? plot-jpeg-quality plot-ps/pdf-interactive?
             +  plot-new-window? plot-jpeg-quality plot-ps/pdf-interactive?
             plot-ps-setup
                 plot-title
                 plot-x-label plot-y-label plot-z-label
                 plot-x-far-label plot-y-far-label plot-z-far-label

             pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/no-gui/plot2d.rkt
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             ---
        OLD/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/no-gui/plot2d.rkt
             +++
        NEW/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/no-gui/plot2d.rkt
             @@ -112,12 +112,14 @@
                   [(ps pdf svg)
                    (define dc
                      (case real-kind
             -         [(ps)  (new post-script-dc%
             -                     [interactive (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             -                     [as-eps #t] [width width] [height height]
             [output output])]
             -         [(pdf)  (new pdf-dc%
             -                      [interactive (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             -                      [width width] [height height]
        [output output])]
             +         [(ps)   (parameterize ([current-ps-setup
          (plot-ps-setup)])
             +                   (new post-script-dc%
             +                        [interactive
        (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             +                        [as-eps #t] [width width] [height
        height]
             [output output]))]
             +         [(pdf)  (parameterize ([current-ps-setup
          (plot-ps-setup)])
             +                   (new pdf-dc%
             +                        [interactive
        (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             +                        [width width] [height height] [output
             output]))]
                        [(svg)  (new svg-dc%
                                     [width width] [height height] [output
             output] [exists 'truncate/replace])]))
                    (define-values (x-scale y-scale) (send dc
        get-device-scale))

             pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/no-gui/plot3d.rkt
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             ---
        OLD/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/no-gui/plot3d.rkt
             +++
        NEW/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/no-gui/plot3d.rkt
             @@ -129,12 +129,14 @@
                   [(ps pdf svg)
                    (define dc
                      (case real-kind
             -         [(ps)  (new post-script-dc%
             -                     [interactive (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             -                     [as-eps #t] [width width] [height height]
             [output output])]
             -         [(pdf)  (new pdf-dc%
             -                      [interactive (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             -                      [width width] [height height]
        [output output])]
             +         [(ps)   (parameterize ([current-ps-setup
          (plot-ps-setup)])
             +                   (new post-script-dc%
             +                        [interactive
        (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             +                        [as-eps #t] [width width] [height
        height]
             [output output]))]
             +         [(pdf)  (parameterize ([current-ps-setup
          (plot-ps-setup)])
             +                   (new pdf-dc%
             +                        [interactive
        (plot-ps/pdf-interactive?)]
             [parent #f] [use-paper-bbox #f]
             +                        [width width] [height height] [output
             output]))]
                        [(svg)  (new svg-dc%
                                     [width width] [height height] [output
             output] [exists 'truncate/replace])]))
                    (define-values (x-scale y-scale) (send dc
        get-device-scale))

             pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/plot/__private/plot3d/bsp.rkt
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             --- OLD/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/plot3d/bsp.rkt
             +++ NEW/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-lib/__plot/private/plot3d/bsp.rkt
             @@ -499,8 +499,7 @@
                 (cond
                   [(empty? ps)  #f]
                   [else
             -     (define vs (remove-duplicates (bsp-polys->vertices ps)))
             -     (define axes (vertices->axes vs))
             +     (define axes (vertices->axes (bsp-polys->vertices ps)))
                    (define center (list->flvector (map axis-mid axes)))

                    ;; Planes defined by neighboring polygon vertices
             @@ -530,8 +529,7 @@
                 (cond
                   [(empty? ls)  #f]
                   [else
             -     (define vs (remove-duplicates (bsp-lines->vertices ls)))
             -     (define axes (vertices->axes vs))
             +     (define axes (vertices->axes (bsp-lines->vertices ls)))
                    (define center (list->flvector (map axis-mid axes)))

                    ;; Planes defined by line segments and basis vectors
        (i.e.
             one basis in normal is zero)
             @@ -560,9 +558,8 @@
                 (cond
                   [(and (empty? ls) (empty? ps))  #f]
                   [else
             -     (define vs (remove-duplicates (append (append* (map
             lines-vertices ls))
             -                                           (append* (map
             points-vertices ps)))))
             -     (define axes (vertices->axes vs))
             +     (define axes (vertices->axes (append (append* (map
             lines-vertices ls))
             +                                          (append* (map
             points-vertices ps)))))
                    (define center (list->flvector (map axis-mid axes)))

                    (: try-nondisjoint-split (-> (U #f BSP-Tree)))

             pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-test/plot/__tests/plot3d-bsp-tests.rkt
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             ---
        OLD/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-test/__plot/tests/plot3d-bsp-tests.__rkt
             +++
        NEW/pkgs/plot-pkgs/plot-test/__plot/tests/plot3d-bsp-tests.__rkt
             @@ -1,23 +1,5 @@
               #lang racket

             -#|
             -TODO
             -
             -BSP
             - - deal better with polygon + many non-polygon shapes
             - - avoid more recomputation in build-bsp3d (i.e. precompute
             bounding and central planes)
             - - make middle shapes in bsp-node a BSP-Tree
             - - speed up disjoint splitting
             -
             -insert line segments into BSP as polygonal clipping regions?
             -
             -slow parts
             - - 22.3: build-bsp-tree
             - - 15.6: contour renderer proc
             - - 12.7: clip-polygon
             - -  6.0: bin-shapes
             -|#
             -
               (require plot
                        (except-in plot/utils sum flsum sample)
                        math
             @@ -95,41 +77,42 @@ slow parts
                                (points3d xyzs #:sym 'dot)))))

               (time
             - (plot3d
             -  (list (contour-intervals3d
             -         (λ (x y)
             -           (* x (+ 0.1 y)))
             -         -1 1 -1 1
             -         #:samples 41
             -         #:alphas '(0.85)
             -         ;#:alpha 0.75
             -         ;#:line-width 2
             -         ;#:line-widths '(2)
             -         ;#:line-styles '(transparent)
             -         #:contour-widths '(2)
             -         ;#:color 1
             -         ;#:label ""
             -         )
             -
             -        (surface3d
             -         (λ (x y)
             -           (* (- (* (flnormal-pdf 0.0 0.2 (fl x) #f)
             -                    (flnormal-pdf 0.0 0.2 (fl y) #f))
             -                 0.7)
             -              0.4))
             -         -1 1 -1 1
             -         #:samples 40
             -         ;#:alphas '(0.75)
             -         #:alpha 0.95
             -         #:color "plum"
             -         #:line-color 6
             -         ;#:line-style 'transparent
             -         ;#:line-width 2
             -         ))
             -  #:x-min -1 #:x-max 1
             -  #:y-min -1 #:y-max 1
             -  ;#:out-file "test.pdf"
             -  ))
             + (for/last ([_  (in-range 1)])
             +   (plot3d
             +    (list (contour-intervals3d
             +           (λ (x y)
             +             (* x (+ 0.1 y)))
             +           -1 1 -1 1
             +           #:samples 41
             +           #:alphas '(0.85)
             +           ;#:alpha 0.75
             +           ;#:line-width 2
             +           ;#:line-widths '(2)
             +           ;#:line-styles '(transparent)
             +           #:contour-widths '(2)
             +           ;#:color 1
             +           ;#:label ""
             +           )
             +
             +          (surface3d
             +           (λ (x y)
             +             (* (- (* (flnormal-pdf 0.0 0.2 (fl x) #f)
             +                      (flnormal-pdf 0.0 0.2 (fl y) #f))
             +                   0.7)
             +                0.4))
             +           -1 1 -1 1
             +           #:samples 40
             +           ;#:alphas '(0.75)
             +           #:alpha 0.95
             +           #:color "plum"
             +           #:line-color 6
             +           ;#:line-style 'transparent
             +           ;#:line-width 2
             +           ))
             +    #:x-min -1 #:x-max 1
             +    #:y-min -1 #:y-max 1
             +    ;#:out-file "test.pdf"
             +    )))

               (plot3d (list (surface3d * -1 1 -1 1 #:samples 6 #:alpha 0.75
             #:color 1)
                             (surface3d (λ (x y) (+ 0.1 (* x y))) -1 1 -1 1
             #:samples 6 #:alpha 0.75 #:color 2)
             @@ -140,7 +123,7 @@ slow parts
               (plot3d (list
                        (isosurface3d (λ (x y z) (+ (- 1 x) (- 1 y) (- z
        1.5))) 0
                                      #:alpha 0.85 #:color 2 #:line-color 2
             -                       #:samples 2)
             +                       #:samples 4)
                        (discrete-histogram3d (list (vector 'a 'a 1)
                                                    (vector 'a 'b 2)
                                                    (vector 'b 'b 3))





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