[Matplotlib-users] changing matplotlib fonts in illustrator

2009-06-14 Thread per freem
hello all, I make my figures in matplotlib and then output them (using savefig) as .pdf. I am using Fedora linux. When I try to edit the font in the figure to Helvetica using Illustrator, I cannot. i am able to select the fonts, e.g. labels on the axes of the figure, but when i try to change

Re: [Matplotlib-users] changing matplotlib fonts in illustrator

2009-06-14 Thread Michael Droettboom
You might want to try setting the rcParam pdf.fonttype to 42 (i.e. TrueType mode), which will avoid font subsetting. You may also want to try using the Ps backend, which does support Helvetica directly. matplotlib ships all of the standard Ps font metrics as part of matplotlib. Be sure to