[Matplotlib-users] xlabels / ylabels as (non-math) text for pstoedit

2009-06-14 Thread Sebastian Busch
Hey everyone, this is more a how-to / feature request than a question... Normally, my workflow for embedding images in LaTeX is as follows: 1) produce ps-file 2) use pstoedit (xfig) to separate text/math (LaTeX-typesettable) from the image 3) save as pdf_t and pdf, respectively 4) \input this in

[Matplotlib-users] matplotlib 0.98.5.3 windows binaries available

2009-06-14 Thread John Hunter
The windows binaries for the latest matplotlib release are now available for download at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706package_id=278194 for python2.5 and 2.6 (if you need 2.4 please respond here). Sorry for the delay, but we hit a nasty python2.6/libpng/mingw

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Python 2.6.2 installation?

2009-06-14 Thread John Hunter
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Christoph Gohlkecgoh...@uci.edu wrote: Here are the Windows installer and egg produced by setup.py bdist_wininst respectively setupegg.py bdist_egg: Thanks Christoph -- I've uploaded these to the sf site. After the next trunk release, I may ask you again to

[Matplotlib-users] changing matplotlib fonts in illustrator

2009-06-14 Thread per freem
hello all, I make my figures in matplotlib and then output them (using savefig) as .pdf. I am using Fedora linux. When I try to edit the font in the figure to Helvetica using Illustrator, I cannot. i am able to select the fonts, e.g. labels on the axes of the figure, but when i try to change

Re: [Matplotlib-users] New contourf() drawing polygon boundaries for some reason?

2009-06-14 Thread Michael Droettboom
On 06/12/2009 05:27 PM, Zane Selvans wrote: If I set path.simplify: False, the shape of the gaps between the filled polygons does change. Instead of being irregular, it becomes an infinitessimally thin gap of uniform width, allowing the (in this case white) background to show through. Just

Re: [Matplotlib-users] changing matplotlib fonts in illustrator

2009-06-14 Thread Michael Droettboom
You might want to try setting the rcParam pdf.fonttype to 42 (i.e. TrueType mode), which will avoid font subsetting. You may also want to try using the Ps backend, which does support Helvetica directly. matplotlib ships all of the standard Ps font metrics as part of matplotlib. Be sure to