Re: [matplotlib-devel] backend_svg, backend_cairo on trunk need attention

2008-04-22 Thread Carl Worth
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:41:26 -0400, Michael Droettboom wrote: > My concern with subpixel rendering has always been that it's fine for > interactive use, but for producing plots that may end up on someone > else's screen or on a printer, it can actually make matters much worse. Naturally. As such,

Re: [matplotlib-devel] backend_svg, backend_cairo on trunk need attention

2008-04-22 Thread Michael Droettboom
My concern with subpixel rendering has always been that it's fine for interactive use, but for producing plots that may end up on someone else's screen or on a printer, it can actually make matters much worse. Agg (well freetype really) could do subpixel font rendering as well, but I deliberate

Re: [matplotlib-devel] backend_svg, backend_cairo on trunk need attention

2008-04-22 Thread Darren Dale
On Tuesday 22 April 2008 02:54:09 pm Eric Firing wrote: > In case any devels are interested in making more backends work on the > trunk: > > Running examples/backend_driver.py yields quite a few svg plots that are > incorrect, with things like colorbars missing their colors. > > The cairo backend d

[matplotlib-devel] backend_svg, backend_cairo on trunk need attention

2008-04-22 Thread Eric Firing
In case any devels are interested in making more backends work on the trunk: Running examples/backend_driver.py yields quite a few svg plots that are incorrect, with things like colorbars missing their colors. The cairo backend does better, but also needs a little work. Cairo is looking more i