I did have success converting my ps file to pdf with an online converter at http://www.ps2pdf.com/ -- so it seems it's ghostscript 8.70 bug (though one that I've only seen with eps files created by matplotlib).
Jon On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 11:48 +0900, Jae-Joon Lee wrote: > When I converted the ps file to pdf, the result is okay. > > I tried > > * ps2pdf (from ghostscript version 8.61) > * ps2pdf (from ghostscript version 9.02) > * preview in mac os X > > and they all worked fine. > I wonder if this could be a bug in the pspdf (ghostscript 8.70 I believe). > Can you try other version of ps2pdf? > > Regards, > > -JJ > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Jonathan Slavin > <jsla...@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: > > Attached are examples of the problem -- a PostScript file and the pdf > > that is created using ps2pdf. The y-axis is properly labeled in the ps > > file, but the part of the label using mathtext becomes invisible in the > > pdf. > > > > Jon > > > > On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 14:09 +0900, Jae-Joon Lee wrote: > >> Can you post an output eps file so that we can take a look? > >> Regards, > >> > >> -JJ > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Jonathan Slavin > >> <jsla...@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I've been making figures for a paper I'm writing (to be submitted to the > >> > ApJ). I'm using LaTeX and so need to use encapsulated PostScript for > >> > the figures. The problem is that when the paper is translated to pdf > >> > from PostScript, the mathtext in the figures disappears. The reason > >> > that I think this is a matplotlib issue is that it's never happened to > >> > me with eps figures created in different ways. It's clear that this > >> > must be related to fonts, but I'm not sure how to get around it. Should > >> > I set text.usetex to True? I have a feeling this issue must have come > >> > up before, but I haven't found anything obviously pertinent in the > >> > mailing list archives. > >> > > >> > Jon > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, > >> > user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take > >> > the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > >> > tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Matplotlib-users mailing list > >> > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > >> > > > -- > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Jonathan D. Slavin Harvard-Smithsonian CfA > > jsla...@cfa.harvard.edu 60 Garden Street, MS 83 > > phone: (617) 496-7981 Cambridge, MA 02138-1516 > > cell: (781) 363-0035 USA > > ______________________________________________________________ > > -- ______________________________________________________________ Jonathan D. Slavin Harvard-Smithsonian CfA jsla...@cfa.harvard.edu 60 Garden Street, MS 83 phone: (617) 496-7981 Cambridge, MA 02138-1516 cell: (781) 363-0035 USA ______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
