Re: [Matplotlib-users] Semi transparent boxes around text and Postscript

[Norbert N. <No...@ne...>]

True. Just had to check this again to make sure, but even PS3 does not support 
Alpha transparency in any way. The big improvement there was bitmapped 
masking of images, but the whole concept of true transparency really seems to 
be an extremely new idea.


Am Donnerstag, 2. Dezember 2004 13:26 schrieb John Hunter:
> >>>>> "Carol" == Carol Leger <car...@sr...> writes:
>
>     Carol> The that the polar plot overlayed on a rectangular plot is
>     Carol> working in Postscipt, I am having trouble with the
>     Carol> semi-transparent boxes around the text.
>
> postscript doesn't support the alpha channel and there is nothing
> matplotlib can do about it.  It's a postscript limitation.  Right now
> the only vector output that supports alpha is SVG.  Hopefully we'll
> get a PDF backend one day which also supports alpha.
>
> JDH
>
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