Re: [Matplotlib-users] Corrupted percent signs in labels

[Daπid <dav...@gm...>]

On Windows it works just fine. Just a wild guess, can you try to make
it a raw string?

plt.xlabel(r'Percent [%]')

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Francesco Montesano
<fra...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2012/10/9 Nikolaus Rath <Nik...@ra...>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> For some reason, my matplotlib isn't able to print percent signs ('%')
>> properly:
>>
>> [1] inspiron:~/tmp# cat mplbug.py
>>
>> import matplotlib
>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>> import numpy as np
>>
>> print matplotlib.__version__
>> plt.plot(np.arange(10), np.arange(10)**2)
>> plt.xlabel('Percent [%]')
>> plt.savefig('mplbug.pdf')
>>
>> [0] inspiron:~/tmp# python mplbug.py
>> 1.1.1rc2
>>
>> I have attached the resulting PDF. For some reason, the slash in the
>> percent sign becomes a triangle that partially covers the upper left
>> circle.
>>
>> Known bug? Any workarounds that don't require upgrading (I'd like to
>> stick with the Debian package)?
>
>
> confirmed for pdf and eps figures. For jpg and png, as well as the
> matplotlib window with TkAgg the percentage looks fine.
> matplotlib version: 1.1.1 shipped with kubuntu 12.10
>
> Francesco
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>    -Nikolaus
>>
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