On 7/10/07, Edin Salkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/10/07, John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Edin, if you get a minute, could you contribute a patch against > > the faq in htdocs/faq.html.template explaining how to install the > > bakoma fonts for svg viewers? Is this sufficiently difficult that it > > merits a FAQ? > > It sure is easy to forget :) > > Attached is the patch to the FAQ. I don't have the htdocs dir checked > out. John, can you apply the patch?
Thanks to Michael Droettboom fonts can now be embedded in the SVG file. See: http://www.nabble.com/Embedded-fonts-in-SVG-t4057222.html http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel/2944 I also updated the FAQ. Index: faq.html.template =================================================================== --- faq.html.template (revision 3500) +++ faq.html.template (working copy) @@ -977,6 +977,23 @@ docs</a> for details. """ ), + ('SVG-BAKOMA-FONTS-MATHTEXT', + "My SVG viewer doesn't properly display special (TeX) characters + ('\sum', '\infty',etc.) generated by mathtext. Is this a bug?", + """ +You need to install the BaKoMa fonts (TrueType version of the Computer +Modern fonts) on your system. The BaKoMa fonts come packaged with +matplotlib. They are located in the +"site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf" dir (the cm*.ttf files). +Installation of the fonts varies from OS to OS. + +Alternatively, as of r3498 (matplotlib > 0.90.1) you can set +svg.embed_char_paths to True in your matplotlibrc file. This +setting makes matplotlib embed all fonts as paths in the SVG file, +which results in a "portable" SVG file, at the cost of bigger file +size and uneditable text. +""" ), + ('LEAKS', 'matplotlib appears to be leaking memory, what should I do?', """\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
