Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On 5/10/07, kc1...@ya...
<kc1...@ya...> wrote:

> While the svg files are much smaller then the cooresponding png file (yes, and
> scalable), I am surprised that the quality of the plot doesn't seem to be that much
> better (seem like about the same as compared to a corresponding png figure).
> I would have thought that they should (see for example:
> http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-nov-2002/slides.html#svg-1).
> Is this because MPL is not taking advantage of the capabilities offered by svg?

The quality of the svg plot depends in large plot on the svg renderer
-- perhaps word doesn't do a good job rendering SVG?  The matplotlib
PNG files look good because agg is a good rendering engine.

JDH