Re: [matplotlib-devel] Core PS/PDF Fonts

2009-07-23 Thread Freddie Witherden
Hi, On 23 Jul 2009, at 03:34, John Hunter wrote: > If experience is any guide, you won't hear from the people who depend > on it until you remove support (plaintive pleas to the mailing list > notwithstanding). The old timers love their small PS files, and we > support this because many people ha

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Core PS/PDF Fonts

2009-07-22 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > Freddie Witherden writes: > >> The question is how important are these as a feature? While I can add >> support for them into mathtex I am unsure exactly how useful they are. If experience is any guide, you won't hear from the people who

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Core PS/PDF Fonts

2009-07-22 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
Freddie Witherden writes: > The question is how important are these as a feature? While I can add > support for them into mathtex I am unsure exactly how useful they are. You can get really small output using the core fonts, which I'm sure some users appreciate. They are also problematic, si