Re: [matplotlib-devel] mathtext in SVG backend

[Jared W. <wah...@um...>]

Yeah, now I remember installing those fonts a while ago so I could put
symbols in my diagrams in inkscape...

For embedding, we need SVG fonts.  Would it be kosher to just use this:

http://xml.apache.org/batik/ttf2svg.html

or its equivalent to convert the BaKoMa fonts to SVG, and then include
the resulting SVG fonts in the matplotlib package?

Jared

> Hmm, this is strange and intriguing.  I notice that you do not embed
> the fonts in your svg document, which is presumably why most viewers
> can't handle it.  I confirmed that librsvg, which gqview uses, can't
> render the fonts either.  The question is, why can Inkscape do it?  I
> downloaded Inkscape and did a recursive grep through their src as well
> as a find in the root of their src tree and found no references to
> 'computer modern' or cmex, etc....  Did you have to set some path in
> inkscape to see your cm fonts, or did you put them in some standard
> place?  Anyone have any ideas how inkscape manages to pull off this
> trick?

>     Jared> John, are there any more features still missing from the
>     Jared> SVG backend?
> 
> That almost does it.  I think we need an option to embed the fonts
> directly into the svg document like we do for PS, because I think
> viewers that have the cm* fonts built in will be the exception rather
> than the rule.  Fernando Perez has some colleagues who are interested
> in embedding clickable tags in svg, but I haven't heard much from
> them.
> 
> But overall SVG is in fine shape.