Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > Christopher Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I have read a little bit online about the difference between types 1 >> and 3, but I can't find a description of which font is which type. So >> what font should I use? >> > > Try setting the pdf.fonttype parameter in your matplotlibrc file to 42 > and see if the resulting file passes validation. Matplotlib currently > only uses TrueType fonts, which can be embedded in either Type 3 or Type > 42 format. I seem to recall there was some problem with the Type 42 > format so Type 3 was made the default; Michael Droettboom probably > remembers it better. Type 42 fonts are currently working, as far as I know. There was a transient problem with them but I think that's fixed. Type 3 is the default just because it makes the files smaller.
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