I had similar problem try hi-res png images at 300dpi w/o transparency (ms cannot handle transp. png correctly). ms word shows png little blury, but after printing (to PDF for example) images are sharp as knife
2009/9/2 Shixin Zeng <zeng.shi...@gmail.com>: > OK, > > I'm attaching a file that converts svg to emf, which is based on > librsvg and cairo. > > I've spent the all night working on this, but the result is still not > satisfying. The converted emf file is even worse than the png file > produced from matplotlib. I'm not sure if it's because I did something > wrong or it's because of the limitation of this method itself. I'm > posting here in hope of some one with more knowledge would enlighten > me. Thanks. > > To build the problem, you need to download librsvg and it's dependency > from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/ > > Best Regards > > Shixin Zeng > > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Shixin Zeng<zeng.shi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Could someone tell me what's the best format that matplotlib can >> produce for insertion to MS word? I'm working on a paper using MS >> word. I used matplotlib to produce the pictures in "png' format, but >> my professor doesn't satisfy with the quality of the pictures, he asks >> me to do it in "emf" format, but I can't get an "emf" output from >> matplotlib. While other vector formats that are supported by >> matplotlib are not supported by MS word. I have worked days on >> producing this pictures, I don't want to abandon them just because >> they can't be imported to MS word. I really like to produce my >> pictures by using matplotlib, but I can't really throw away MS word. I >> also tried pstoedit to try to convert to emf from the ps, but it >> doesn't work on my system due to some weired missing procedure entry >> points in imagick dll. >> >> I'm kinda in a hurry, any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Best Regards >> >> Shixin Zeng >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
