matplotlib · efiring · Mar 4, 2015 · Mar 3, 2015 · Mar 4, 2015 · Mar 4, 2015
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
@@ -1189,6 +1189,8 @@ def print_figure_impl():
             print("%s translate"%_nums_to_str(xo, yo), file=fh)
             if rotation: print("%d rotate"%rotation, file=fh)
             print("%s clipbox"%_nums_to_str(width*72, height*72, 0, 0), file=fh)
+            # Disable any sort of miter limit
+            print("%s setmiterlimit" % 100000, file=fh)
 
             # write the figure
             content = self._pswriter.getvalue()
@@ -1338,6 +1340,8 @@ def write(self, *kl, **kwargs):
             #print >>fh, "gsave"
             print("%s translate"%_nums_to_str(xo, yo), file=fh)
             print("%s clipbox"%_nums_to_str(width*72, height*72, 0, 0), file=fh)
+            # Disable any sort of miter limit
+            print("%d setmiterlimit" % 100000, file=fh)
 
             # write the figure
             print(self._pswriter.getvalue(), file=fh)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py
@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ def _write_default_style(self):
         writer = self.writer
         default_style = generate_css({
             'stroke-linejoin': 'round',
-            'stroke-linecap': 'butt'})
+            'stroke-linecap': 'butt',
+            # Disable the miter limit.  100000 seems to be close to
+            # the maximum that renderers support before breaking.
+            'stroke-miterlimit': '100000'})
         writer.start('defs')
         writer.start('style', type='text/css')
         writer.data('*{%s}\n' % default_style)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_colorbar/colorbar_closed_patch.pdf b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_colorbar/colorbar_closed_patch.pdf
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_colorbar/colorbar_closed_patch.png b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_colorbar/colorbar_closed_patch.png