Describe possible need for loading the 'lmodern' package when using PGF files #20708
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I would have thought(?) that this is rather a standard TeX limitation (https://texfaq.org/FAQ-boldgreek, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/595) and may not warrant a specific doc entry on our side? |
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@anntzer Those links describe a related issue of |
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I think the mystery here is what combination of factors do you need to trigger this problem. I've never come across a LaTeX install that requires |
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On one hand, that we have this issue is super weird (and as discussed on gitter it seems to depend on which LaTeX engine you use) and may actually be caused by something inside of the pgf package. Given that this work around does fix the problem, I am in favor of including a note about this and opening a new issue in the spirit of "sort out when / why / if |
Co-authored-by: Elliott Sales de Andrade <quantum.analyst@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
…'lmodern' package when using PGF files
…708-on-v3.5.x Backport PR #20708 on branch v3.5.x (Describe possible need for loading the 'lmodern' package when using PGF files)
Describe possible need for loading the 'lmodern' package when using PGF files
PR Summary
The PR adds a suggestion to use the
lmodernpackage when using.pgffiles generated by Matplotlib. Changes are made both to a documentation page as well as the commented preamble printed in every generated.pgffile.This was found to be necessary specifically in the case of a math-bold-faced, uppercase Greek letter 'delta' was not rendered when the
lmodernpackage was not loaded.See discussion for more details:
https://matrix.to/#/!BXmyZMTnRjWJldDRLV:gitter.im/$M7KxLQuyUosx2byFxIsKJE8QS_14NRiWqmmlb6nSIfE?via=gitter.im&via=matrix.org
PR Checklist
pytestpasses).flake8on changed files to check).flake8-docstringsand runflake8 --docstring-convention=all).doc/users/next_whats_new/(follow instructions in README.rst there).doc/api/next_api_changes/(follow instructions in README.rst there).