Re: [Matplotlib-users] problems in Inkscape with SVG exported from matplotlib

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

Peter I. Hansen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Kaushik Ghose <kau...@gm...> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>>  I have a peculiar problem, and I wonder if anyone can assist me.
>>
>>  I have two figures generated from matplotlib and saved as svgs. They
>>  both print fine, and they load in Inkscape just fine.
>>
>>  However, when I copy one figure and paste it into the other, the pasted
>>  figure's labels and text become garbled.
>>     
>
> A trick that works for me is to produce eps files with matplotlib,
> import them in scribus, and then export them to svg. Then they seem to
> be nicely compatible with inkscape.
>   
I wonder if you could skip a step and just use the Cairo backend to 
output SVG?  Does that not work?  It should be quite similar.

Mike

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Michael Droettboom
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