Re: [matplotlib-devel] Core PS/PDF Fonts

2009-07-23 Thread Freddie Witherden
Hi, On 23 Jul 2009, at 03:34, John Hunter wrote: > If experience is any guide, you won't hear from the people who depend > on it until you remove support (plaintive pleas to the mailing list > notwithstanding). The old timers love their small PS files, and we > support this because many people ha

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Core PS/PDF Fonts

2009-07-22 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > Freddie Witherden writes: > >> The question is how important are these as a feature? While I can add >> support for them into mathtex I am unsure exactly how useful they are. If experience is any guide, you won't hear from the people who

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Core PS/PDF Fonts

2009-07-22 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
Freddie Witherden writes: > The question is how important are these as a feature? While I can add > support for them into mathtex I am unsure exactly how useful they are. You can get really small output using the core fonts, which I'm sure some users appreciate. They are also problematic, si

[matplotlib-devel] Core PS/PDF Fonts

2009-07-22 Thread Freddie Witherden
Hi all, Currently mathtex does not have support for anything other than TrueType fonts. However, matplotlib can make use of the 14 'core' fonts that are part of the PS/PDF specs. The metrics for these fonts come from AFM files. The question is how important are these as a feature? While I c