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

[Jeffrey S. <jef...@gm...>]

K, I have just made the script self-contained but it loads external data so
I have attached that as well. If you want me to just separate out the
plotting commands let me know. I have also attached my matplotlib rc file
which is the same on all three systems. All the modifications to the
matplotlibrc file are copied to the top and in the first 30 lines or so.

Of note, the smallest file sizes for pdf are using the pgf backend around
60kb. Not sure if that helps at all. It is also around the same size if I
export to .eps and then convert to pdf. About 60kb. The problem with eps in
these 3d figures though is the back wall I think has an alpha channel
because just becomes a solid wall in the output. No lines through it like
the other two walls.


On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Jouni K. Seppänen <jk...@ik...> 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.
>
> --
> Jouni K. Seppänen
> http://www.iki.fi/jks
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Get your SQL database under version control now!
> Version control is standard for application code, but databases havent
> caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under
> version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out.
> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=49501711&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
> _______________________________________________
> Matplotlib-users mailing list
> Mat...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
>