Re: [matplotlib-devel] A question about cbook.is_string_like

[Nicolas G. <nic...@ga...>]

On 11/5/06, Andrew Straw <str...@as...> wrote:
> BTW, what's the "official" status of the PDF backend? Last I checked (a
> month or so ago), it seemed to work fine, has a couple of Python
> 2.4-isms, but was generally great. I was surprised that it didn't appear
> to make it onto the list of officially-sanctioned backends (e.g. in the
> "save" button on the toolbar, IIRC). I found it really useful for making
> vectorized figures with alpha for inclusion in a pdflatex document. (Is
> that possible going via an (e)ps route?) When I get back to that
> manuscript (ahem), I'll probably try to bang the PDF backend further
> into shape. What bits need to be added/fixed? Is the PDF backend TODO
> list documented anywhere? where?

I agree: the PDF backend is almost usable!

I've just some issues with:
- text alignment (I fixed it on my working copy of matplotlib);
- accentuated characters (nearly fixed);
- embedding of TTF fonts in the PDF (in progress - we need to limit
the /Widths array to the 256 characters used in WinAnsiEncoding).