Re: [matplotlib-devel] How to use STIX fonts in matplotlib plots?

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2013/07/20 10:08 PM, David P. Sanders wrote:
> The fuzziness I referred to was indeed a retina issue, stemming from the
> fact *that the default output format is still PNG*. It seems to me that
> these days the default output should be SVG, which immediately resolves
> all retina issues!! (And a lot of other issues, it seems to me.)
>

David,

A major problem with SVG output as default is that for image-type plots 
(e.g., pcolormesh) it yields enormous output that is very slow to 
render.  The advantage of png is that although it is not optimal from a 
visual standpoint, it works reliably and predictably with everything. 
Therefore it is a sensible default.

Eric