Re: [Matplotlib-users] exponent fonts with usetex

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Thanks Darren.  My plots look gorgeous.

Ryan

On 6/18/06, Darren Dale <dd...@co...> wrote:
> We didnt get any comments against, so I committed the changes this morning. We
> will no longer try to support sans-serif mathmode fonts with the usetex
> option, since there is no native support for them in latex. If you are using
> svn matplotlib, I suggest clearing your tex.cache after updating.
>
> Darren
>
> On Wednesday 14 June 2006 8:19 pm, Darren Dale wrote:
> > I agree that this little experiment of trying to work around latex's
> > limitations has been too much trouble. I suggest we go back to the old
> > behavior, and anyone who wants sans-serif fonts in their exponents can use
> > regular mathtext. I'm hopeful that Edin can make some strides with mpl's
> > mathtext support, and in the meantime, people should get decent results if
> > they set ps.useafm : True in their rc settings.
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 19:53, Ryan Krauss wrote:
> > > (Sorry, I submitted this email with a real figure instead of a toy
> > > example and the file size  was too big and it awaits moderator
> > > approval).
> > >
> > > I am afraid I asked you to open a can of worms and now I don't know
> > > what we should do.  With my font size settings, \small looks to small
> > > for the exponents.  I tried \normalsize and actually got decent
> > > results with \large (replacing all occurances of \small in your
> > > ticker.py).  See that attached file.  But if \small looked good with
> > > your settings, I am afraid things are now dependent on the font
> > > settings in the rc file as far as what should go in the latex command
> > > for the exponents.
> > >
> > > I remember that this problem came up because I complained about serif
> > > fonts in my exponents and we were having a hard time making tex use
> > > sans serif math fonts.
> > >
> > > Maybe the best solution is for me to go back in time and retract that
> > > complaint.
> > >
> > > I don't know.  Sorry about the mess this had made.  I have plots I am
> > > fairly happy with (I will poke around in my rc file and see if I can
> > > find out why my x and y axis fonts look different).
> > >
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > > On 6/14/06, Ryan Krauss <rya...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > I am afraid I asked you to open a can of worms and now I don't know
> > > > what we should do.  With my font size settings, \small looks to small
> > > > for the exponents.  I tried \normalsize and actually got decent
> > > > results with \large (replacing all occurances of \small in your
> > > > ticker.py).  See that attached file.  But if \small looked good with
> > > > your settings, I am afraid things are now dependent on the font
> > > > settings in the rc file as far as what should go in the latex command
> > > > for the exponents.
> > > >
> > > > I remember that this problem came up because I complained about serif
> > > > fonts in my exponents and we were having a hard time making tex use
> > > > sans serif math fonts.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe the best solution is for me to go back in time and retract that
> > > > complaint.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know.  Sorry about the mess this had made.  I have plots I am
> > > > fairly happy with (I will poke around in my rc file and see if I can
> > > > find out why my x and y axis fonts look different).
> > > >
> > > > Ryan
> > > >
> > > > On 6/14/06, Ryan Krauss <rya...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > > I feel bad that I caused this problem and am now asking you to fix
> > > > > it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ryan
> > > > >
> > > > > On 6/14/06, Darren Dale <dd...@co...> wrote:
> > > > > > This is an artifact that was introduced when I tried to give you
> > > > > > support for sans-serif fonts in the exponent. Try the attached
> > > > > > ticker.py, it wraps the exponent in {\small}. Let me know if this
> > > > > > is acceptable, and I'll commit it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 19:14, Ryan Krauss wrote:
> > > > > > > I still have the problem with large exponents with your
> > > > > > > matplotlibrc file (but the y-axis plots are no longer different).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any thoughts on what I should try next?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ryan
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 6/14/06, Darren Dale <dd...@co...> wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 18:51, you wrote:
> > > > > > > > > There was a lot of stuff in my tex.cache, but deleting didn't
> > > > > > > > > solve my problem.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I may have some strange choices for my fonts and font sizes.
> > > > > > > > > Can you send me a copy of your matplotlibrc file.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Ryan
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 6/14/06, Darren Dale <dd...@co...> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Hi Ryan,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I'm using the latest svn as well (2479), and I cant
> > > > > > > > > > reproduce your problem. Try deleting your tex.cache.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Darren
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 18:14, Ryan Krauss wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > I am having a problem with the fonts for exponents on
> > > > > > > > > > > semilog plots with usetex.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > The attached figure can be generated on my machine with
> > > > > > > > > > > figure(1)
> > > > > > > > > > > t=arange(0,10,0.01)
> > > > > > > > > > > y=sin(2*pi*t)
> > > > > > > > > > > semilogx(t,y)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I just upgraded to the latest svn and now the y-axis
> > > > > > > > > > > plots look different from the x-axis.
> > > > > > > > > > > matplotlib.__version__
> > > > > > > > > > > Out[6]: '0.87.3'
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Ryan
> > > > > > > > > >
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