Re: [Matplotlib-users] LaTeX, eps, ghostscript, and the like

[Robert H. <he...@ta...>]

I have tried the key utilities by hand (latex & dvipng).  I even went  
into the tex_cache and processed one of those tex files by hand as  
well.  This all works for me.  In particular, the font rendered in  
png is dithered, while in the matplotlib, on my screen and using  
savefile, the font is *not* dithered on either the axis or in text 
().  The file Darren sent is also nicely dithered.  See the attached  
zoomed sample of non-dithered text.  Oh, so ugly...

I am using Mac OS X 10.4, a recent distribution of teTeX from the i- 
Installer (the same as recommended by TeXShop), gnu-gs 8.16, CVS  
matplotlib 0.86.2, etc.  (I think this is all the relevant info for  
now..)

relevant rc stuff:

text.usetex         : True   # use latex for all text handling.  See

ps.papersize      : letter   # executive, letter, legal, ledger, A0- 
A10, B0-B6, C0-C6
ps.useafm         : False    # use of afm fonts -- breaks mathtext  
but results in small files
ps.usedistiller   : None     # can be: None, ghostscript or xpdf
                                           # Experimental: may  
produce smaller files.
                                           # xpdf intended for  
production of publication quality files,
                                           # but requires  
ghostscript, xpdf and ps2eps
ps.distiller.res  : 6000      # dpi


-Rob.

p.s. Ryan - I think the web page should be clear now.  My sysadmin  
had gone a little overboard on blocking IPs after a hacker  
infestation...  (my guess is you were surfing from home, right?)