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

[Damon M. <dam...@gm...>]

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Damon McDougall
<dam...@gm...> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nik...@ra...> wrote:
>> 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)?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>    -Nikolaus
>>
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>
> I'm using the AGG backend and saving to a png file without any
> problems, but I'm using the current git master branch. I'll try to see
> if I can recreate on 1.1.1rc2. Watch this space.

No dice. I still can't recreate your problem on OS X 10.7.4 with
matplotlib version 1.1.1-rc2.

What are your font/tex specifications in the matplotlib.rcParams dictionary?

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