Re: [Matplotlib-users] Possible bug in padding between text and bounding box for PDF

[Thomas C. <tca...@gm...>]

Sourish,

We no longer are updating the 1.3.x releases.  Can you reproduce this
problem using 1.4.3?

Tom

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:14 AM Sourish Basu <sou...@gm...> wrote:

>  Hello,
>
> I have been fighting with this problem for some time. It seems that if, on
> a plot, I have some text inside a bounding box, it displays fine on the
> screen, saves OK as a PNG, but when I save the plot as a PDF the padding on
> the right side between the text and the box disappears. I have attached a
> minimal example with a text box, but this problem occurs for legends as
> well, if the legend text is long-ish. I am also attaching a PNG and a PDF
> output, as well as how the PDF shows up on my viewer. Has anyone else
> experienced this?
>
> Other relevant info:
>
> *$ uname -a*
> Linux Merlin 3.2.0-77-generic #114-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 10 17:26:03 UTC 2015
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> *$ python -c 'import matplotlib; print matplotlib.__version__'*
> 1.3.1
>
> *Where I obtained matplotlib:*
> The matplotlib SourceForge site
>
> *Customisations to **matplotlibrc:*
> backend      : Qt4Agg
> lines.markersize  : 10            # markersize, in points
> font.sans-serif      : Ubuntu, Calibri, Liberation Sans
> font.monospace       : Consolas, Inconsolata, Ubuntu Mono, Droid Sans Mono
> axes.color_cycle : e41a1c, 377eb8, 4daf4a, 984ea3, ff7f00, ffff33, a65628,
> f781bf, 999999
> pdf.fonttype       : 42         # Output Type 3 (Type3) or Type 42
> (TrueType) # I have tried with fonttype=3 as well, and the bug still exists
>
> *$ python bug_test.py --verbose-helpful > output.txt*
> output.txt attached
>
> Thanks,
> Sourish
>
>
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