On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Ernest Adrogué <eadro...@gmx.net> wrote: > 30/11/09 @ 22:28 (-0600), thus spake John Hunter: >> The two examples in the page you link to have different font sizes and >> possibly different font weights, which makes it difficult to do >> side-by-side comparisons. Could you post an example with >> similar/identical settings? > > Yes, I have attached another example with different font sizes > (8,9,10). The exact weight is impossible to replicate, I tried with > "light" and "normal". > > I think that the problem might be the lack of hinting. In my > fonts.conf file I have both "hinting" and "autohinting" enabled. if > I disable these options then the fonts in other applications resemble > a lot the ones I am getting now with mpl.
I am pretty sure the issue here is subpixel rendering. Try comparing the output of the gtkagg backend, which does not do subpixel rendering, with that of gtkcairo, which does. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
