Re: [Matplotlib-users] imshow + pdf export + print = blurry on paper

2014-10-23 Thread Frédéric Vogt
Hi everyone, Using 'imshow' to plot a few arrays (arranged with gridspec) that I then export directly to a .pdf file using savefig, I noticed that when I print the .pdf file (i.e. on real paper) some of the subplots are blurry. To clarify: - in all my figures, there is always 1 subplot very

Re: [Matplotlib-users] imshow + pdf export + print = blurry on paper

2014-10-23 Thread Frédéric Vogt
Interesting development of the issue described below, shared with the list for legacy purposes. As it turns out, which PDF viewer one uses does matter when it comes to printing (on paper) matplotlib figures containing 'imshow' plots and saved as .pdf. The problem I had was the result of

Re: [Matplotlib-users] imshow + pdf export + print = blurry on paper

2014-10-23 Thread Scott Lasley
You might try unchecking Anti-alias text and line art in the PDF panel in Preview's Preferences dialog to see if that helps. Best regards, Scott On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:49 PM, Frédéric Vogt frederic.v...@anu.edu.au wrote: Interesting development of the issue described below, shared with the