Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problem saving open symbols in PDF

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

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Gökhan Sever <gok...@gm...>wrote:

> Thanks Mike,
>
> Another point I noticed is setting linewidth to 0 (in fill_between
> function) isn't working as expected when figure is saved as a PDF file.
>
> I noticed this while posting a sample script on scipy-users:
>
> http://atmos.uwyo.edu/~gsever/data/test/curvefit_test.py
>
> Compare the outputs of pdf and png to see the difference that I am
> mentioning:
>
> http://atmos.uwyo.edu/~gsever/data/test/curvefit_test.pdf
> http://atmos.uwyo.edu/~gsever/data/test/curvefit_test.png
>
>
Actually, this is not a bug in mpl.  It is a "bug" in various viewers.
Some viewers have a "minimum" linewidth and will use that for any requested
linewidths smaller than that.  Are you using Apple's Preview?

Cheers!
Ben Root