Hi Robin, Could you post a *simple* script that reproduces the problem? And in the meantime, to get a figure that looks better for your publication, can you save your figure as an svg, import it into inkscape, tweak the bad placement, and then save a pdf?
Darren On Monday 18 August 2008 08:47:16 am Robin wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone was able to help with this problem of > incorrect legend alignment. > > I am not sure if the original mail did not get through, perhaps > because of the attachent, so this time I have put the example here: > http://acrids.robince.net/robince/bad_legend.pdf > > Publication is now imminent and I have a horible feeling I am going to > have to do all the plots again in Matlab unless we can resolve this > problem - it currently looks very unprofessional. > > I would appreciate any pointers on where to look to try to resolve this. > > Thanks > > Robin > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem with legends where the vertical spacing is sometimes > > a bit funny (lines don't seem to be evenly spaced). > > > > I am now preparing some figures for publication and this is the last > > niggle I'd really like to resolve. > > > > Is there anything I could do to fix this? > > > > A small example is attached (I cropped it to just the legend to reduce > > file size). > > > > I am setting the label on the bars I am plotting and then just calling > > ax.legend() > > > > At the risk of putting two queries in one email the only other problem > > I have regularly is that small figures resize themselves when the > > mouse rolls over them. I am using TkAgg backend on OS X but I think it > > happens on other platforms as well. On mouse over the window jiggles > > and resizes slightly. When I am saving figures I have to be careful to > > call savefig from the command line without touching the window with > > the mouse to ensure they save as the correct size. Just wondered if it > > was a known issue... > > > > Apart from these minor things though matplotlib has been performing > > great! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Robin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere > in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
