Re: [Matplotlib-users] Suggestions for auto scaling fonts , etc for producing images at various scales

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, Daryl Herzmann <ak...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Sorry for the delayed response....
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Paul Ivanov <piv...@gm...> wrote:
>> ok, much clearer now - what you want is for your text to not be
>> cut-off the way it is in the 8x8 80dpi plot? In other words,
>> there's not enough space left in the figure for the axis labels
>> to be completely displayed.
>
> Even if the text was displayed, it appears to be rather smaller than
> it could be.
>
>> At the moment, I don't think there's a simple way of doing it,
>> and the quick way I find myself doing is by adjusting the subplot
>> parameters using:
>
> Thanks for helping me so much with this.  I'll continue to use my
> convert hack until better things come down the pipe.  Sorry that I am
> not able to write patches to help this situation. :(
>
> daryl
>
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You might have more luck using a vectorized image format such as svg
or eps.  In those formats, the text is saved as text and renderers can
scale the font properly based on the display size.  Note that it won't
reflow your text or anything like that, but it will keep it somewhat
readable in smaller sizes.

Just my 2 cents.

Ben Root