Hello !
I would like to have some hints about the matplotlib usage, especially
the PGF/tikz backend.
I use a latex document, and almost only tikz figures.
I have a couple of problems with the matplotlib package.
The first is the preemptive behaviour of the matplotlib package over the
used font
Hi,
following problem arises when using the pgf backend:
For the plots in my document I would like to use a sans-serif font.
Because I want to use the functionality of the Tex-package siunitx
(among others) I need to use either the pdf-backend with text.usetex set
to True or the pgf-back
Andreas Hilboll wrote:
>
>> I wrote a new backend that uses the "pgf" latex package for drawing
>> matplotlib figures. It is compatible with pdflatex, xelatex and lualatex.
>> The pgf pictures can be included in latex documents or can be directly
>> compiled to PDF by the backend, utilizing the
>
> Hi,
>
> When creating figures to be included in Latex documents I encountered a
> few
> problems. In the end the text rendering just doesn't blend in well, one
> way
> or another. I found that the problems can be fixed by using Xelatex, which
> provides full unicode support and is able to use t
efiring wrote:
>
> Not so--the non-interactive backends like svg and pdf do not do anything
> upon show(), so it sounds like nothing needs to be added to your pgf
> backend on this score.
>
Hmm right, when explicitly changing to non gui backends like "ps" or "pdf"
the show command is ignored
On 06/26/2012 03:14 AM, Peter Würtz wrote:
> * Backends like svg or pdf are able to display the document upon show(). I
> don't know how this is achieved without creating a graphical user interface
> myself. The other backends don't implement it.
Not so--the non-interactive backends like svg and p
Hi,
When creating figures to be included in Latex documents I encountered a few
problems. In the end the text rendering just doesn't blend in well, one way
or another. I found that the problems can be fixed by using Xelatex, which
provides full unicode support and is able to use the installed fon
