Re: [Matplotlib-users] Unicode characters in PS output

[Ryan N. <rne...@gm...>]

On 2/25/2013 9:29 PM, Gökhan Sever wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For some reason, I can't get the degree sign showing up in my ps output:
>
> Here is the simple test code:
>
> fp = plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
> fp.text(0.5, 0.5, u"Temperature, ^(0)C", color='black', fontsize=16)
> plt.savefig('test.ps <http://test.ps>', papertype='letter')
> plt.savefig('test.pdf', papertype='letter')
>
> PS output shows Temperature, ?C, however PDF renders degree sign 
> correctly.
>
> I can't seem to select the text in PS output, but the text is 
> selectable in PDF.
>
> This is probably a font issue, where PDF uses DejaVu, on the other 
> hand PS uses a Times type font.
>
> So, how can I adjust matplotlib to save in PS file?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Gökhan
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Gökhan,

I tried your code, and everything worked fine for me. (PythonXY 2.7.3.1 
on Windows 7)
However, I usually use the escaped unicode value rather than unicode 
characters directly. Does the following work instead:

fp = plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
fp.text(0.5, 0.5, u"Temperature, \u00B0C", color='black', fontsize=16)
plt.savefig('test.ps <http://test.ps>', papertype='letter')
plt.savefig('test.pdf', papertype='letter')

Just a thought. Hope it helps.

Ryan