Re: [Matplotlib-users] Pdf File sizes on newer versions of matplotlib is a lot larger

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

On 07/30/2013 09:23 AM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote:
> Jeffrey Spencer <jef...@gm...> writes:
>
>> I have three different versions of matplotlib that all output different
>> file sizes with matplotlib 1.1.1 providing the smallest. This is for the
>> same exact script. I can post the script if that helps.
>>
>> MPL 1.4.x: 539.32kb, Ubuntu 12.10
>> MPL 1.1.1: 172.56kb Ubuntu 12.10
>> MPL 1.2.1: 475.9kb, Ubuntu 13.04
> Yes, it would be interesting to know what the plotting commands are.
> Just as a guess, since all the sizes are a few hundred kilobytes, it
> could be a difference in e.g. font embedding - many TrueType fonts are
> of comparable size.
>
In addition to your plot script, any matplotlibrc customizations that 
you may have in effect would be helpful.

Mike