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latrop opened this issue May 9, 2020 · 3 comments
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Matplotlib produces blank eps images when text.usetex option is True in matplotlibrc #17373

latrop opened this issue May 9, 2020 · 3 comments
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latrop commented May 9, 2020

Bug report

When I try to save a plot as an EPS file with savefig() function, the result is just blank image. If I set text.usetex option to False, everything looks fine. The problem is only with EPS format. PDF or PNG files are produced correctly regardless of text.usetex option.

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The code can be as simple as

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                       
plt.plot([1, 2], [1, 2])                                                                                                               
plt.savefig("test.eps")

Actual outcome
Blank EPS file (but it's size is 182K).

Expected outcome
EPS file containing an actual plot.

Matplotlib version

  • Operating system: Arch linux, everything is up to date
  • Matplotlib version: 3.2.1, installed using Arch package manager
  • Matplotlib backend: Qt5Agg
  • Python version: 3.8.2
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anntzer commented May 9, 2020

I cannot repro with the Arch package.

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cnvega commented May 25, 2020

I'm having exactly the same issue since a couple of weeks (Arch Linux as well). When the text.usetex option is set to True, the eps figures result in blank files. I tried the agg and ps backends. My packages are:
python 3.8.2-2
python-matplotlib 3.2.1-1

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anntzer commented May 26, 2020

Ah yes, sorry I missed it. This is however fixed as of master by #17255, AFAICT, which is already backported to the (not yet released) 3.2.2.

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