matplotlib · mdboom · May 16, 2013 · May 15, 2013 · May 15, 2013
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ def draw_mathtext(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle):
         ox, oy, width, height, descent, font_image, used_characters = \
             self.mathtext_parser.parse(s, self.dpi, prop)
 
-        xd = descent * np.sin(angle / (180.0 * np.pi))
-        yd = descent * np.cos(angle / (180.0 * np.pi))
+        xd = descent * np.sin(np.deg2rad(angle))
+        yd = descent * np.cos(np.deg2rad(angle))
         x = np.round(x + ox - xd)
         y = np.round(y - oy + yd)
         self._renderer.draw_text_image(font_image, x, y + 1, angle, gc)
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ def draw_tex(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle, ismath='TeX!', mtext=None):
             Z = texmanager.get_grey(s, size, self.dpi)
             Z = np.array(Z * 255.0, np.uint8)
 
+        w, h, d = self.get_text_width_height_descent(s, prop, ismath)
+        xd = d * np.sin(np.deg2rad(angle))
+        yd = d * np.cos(np.deg2rad(angle))
+        x = np.round(x - xd)
+        y = np.round(y + yd)
+
         self._renderer.draw_text_image(Z, x, y, angle, gc)
 
     def get_canvas_width_height(self):

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
@@ -666,11 +666,11 @@ def draw_tex(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle, ismath='TeX!', mtext=None):
         corr = 0#w/2*(fontsize-10)/10
         if rcParams['text.latex.preview']:
             # use baseline alignment!
-            pos = _nums_to_str(x-corr, y+bl)
+            pos = _nums_to_str(x-corr, y)
             self.psfrag.append(r'\psfrag{%s}[Bl][Bl][1][%f]{\fontsize{%f}{%f}%s}'%(thetext, angle, fontsize, fontsize*1.25, tex))
         else:
             # stick to the bottom alignment, but this may give incorrect baseline some times.
-            pos = _nums_to_str(x-corr, y)
+            pos = _nums_to_str(x-corr, y-bl)
             self.psfrag.append(r'\psfrag{%s}[bl][bl][1][%f]{\fontsize{%f}{%f}%s}'%(thetext, angle, fontsize, fontsize*1.25, tex))
 
         ps = """\

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py b/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 import matplotlib
 import matplotlib.cbook as mpl_cbook
 from matplotlib.compat import subprocess
+from matplotlib import rcParams
 import numpy as np
 import struct
 import sys
+import os
 
 if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
     def ord(x):
@@ -52,6 +54,18 @@ def __init__(self, filename, dpi):
         self.dpi = dpi
         self.fonts = {}
         self.state = _dvistate.pre
+        self.baseline = self._get_baseline(filename)
+
+    def _get_baseline(self, filename):
+        if rcParams['text.latex.preview']:
+            base, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
+            baseline_filename = base + ".baseline"
+            if os.path.exists(baseline_filename):
+                with open(baseline_filename, 'rb') as fd:
+                    l = fd.read().split()
+                height, depth, width = l
+                return float(depth)
+        return None
 
     def __iter__(self):
         """
@@ -105,17 +119,22 @@ def _output(self):
             # special case for ease of debugging: output raw dvi coordinates
             return mpl_cbook.Bunch(text=self.text, boxes=self.boxes,
                                    width=maxx-minx, height=maxy_pure-miny,
-                                   descent=maxy-maxy_pure)
+                                   descent=descent)
 
         d = self.dpi / (72.27 * 2**16) # from TeX's "scaled points" to dpi units
-        text =  [ ((x-minx)*d, (maxy-y)*d, f, g, w*d)
+        if self.baseline is None:
+            descent = (maxy - maxy_pure) * d
+        else:
+            descent = self.baseline
+
+        text =  [ ((x-minx)*d, (maxy-y)*d - descent, f, g, w*d)
                   for (x,y,f,g,w) in self.text ]
-        boxes = [ ((x-minx)*d, (maxy-y)*d, h*d, w*d) for (x,y,h,w) in self.boxes ]
+        boxes = [ ((x-minx)*d, (maxy-y)*d - descent, h*d, w*d) for (x,y,h,w) in self.boxes ]
 
         return mpl_cbook.Bunch(text=text, boxes=boxes,
                                width=(maxx-minx)*d,
                                height=(maxy_pure-miny)*d,
-                               descent=(maxy-maxy_pure)*d)
+                               descent=descent)
 
     def _read(self):
         """

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_text/text_alignment.pdf b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_text/text_alignment.pdf
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_text/text_alignment.png b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_text/text_alignment.png
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_text/text_alignment.svg b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_text/text_alignment.svg