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DOC: plotting section for Users Guide

Documentation: examplesfiles in galleries/examplesfiles in galleries/examples

Documentation: plot typesfiles in galleries/plot_typesfiles in galleries/plot_types

Documentation: user guidefiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/usersfiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/users

status: needs comment/discussionneeds consensus on next stepneeds consensus on next step

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 29124

#29124 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· jklymak opened on Nov 11, 2024

DOC: just new labels

Documentation: examplesfiles in galleries/examplesfiles in galleries/examples

Documentation: plot typesfiles in galleries/plot_typesfiles in galleries/plot_types

Documentation: user guidefiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/usersfiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/users

status: needs comment/discussionneeds consensus on next stepneeds consensus on next step

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 29508

#29508 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· jklymak opened on Jan 23, 2025

Center of rotation for text with rotation_mode='anchor'

Difficulty: Mediumhttps://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contribute.html#good-first-issueshttps://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contribute.html#good-first-issues

Good first issueOpen a pull request against these issues if there are no active ones!Open a pull request against these issues if there are no active ones!

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text

Status: Open.

#13044 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· timhoffm opened on Dec 23, 2018

Font and text overhaul

backend: agg

backend: cairo

backend: pdf

backend: pgf

backend: ps

backend: svg

CI: Run cibuildwheelRun wheel building tests on a PRRun wheel building tests on a PR

status: waiting for other PR

topic: mplot3d

topic: path handling

Status: Draft (not ready).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30161

#30161 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Jun 10, 2025

[Bug]: Font fallback issue with CJK characters in text containing math formulas

status: confirmed bug

Status: Open.

#29173 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· SomeBottle opened on Nov 22, 2024

[Bug]: Incorrect rendering of Abugida fonts on Matplotlib visualization

topic: text

Status: Open.

#29357 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· nik9hil opened on Dec 20, 2024

[Feature Request] Proper Arabic Language Support in Matplotlib Plots

topic: text

Status: Open.

#29806 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· ahmadmarzok opened on Mar 25, 2025

Unexpected replacement of \right) with exlamation point in MathTextParser output

topic: text

Status: Open.

#5210 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· rsnape opened on Oct 8, 2015

[Bug]: Font rendering bug for Devanagari text

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#23082 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· kach opened on May 20, 2022

Cannot render Apple Color Emoji in plots

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#12830 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· brienna opened on Nov 18, 2018

matplotlib can't handle "newer" TrueType fonts

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

New feature

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#2071 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· mdboom opened on May 28, 2013

Indic Script labels not rendered correctly

MEP: MEP14text handlingtext handling

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#8765 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· aquiire opened on Jun 15, 2017

Please add support for ttc font files (PDF/PS output)

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#3135 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· mjanikas opened on Jun 13, 2014

[MNT]: Please update freetype version

Maintenance

Status: Open.

#20842 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· iynehz opened on Aug 16, 2021

font finding in OSX produces 200+ lines of warnings

OS: Apple

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#28249 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· tacaswell opened on May 17, 2024

[Bug]: bbox computed incorrectly when using a superscript

topic: text/usetex

Status: Open.

#21653 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· kc9jud opened on Nov 16, 2021

[Bug]: Math fonts (Type 3) incorrectly embedded in PDF?

backend: pdf

Status: Open.

#21797 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· andreas-brugger opened on Nov 29, 2021

sub/superscripts should be moved further from the baseline following large delimiters

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#18086 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· anntzer opened on Jul 27, 2020

Vertical positioning in mathtext fraction rendering could be improved

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#18389 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· anntzer opened on Sep 1, 2020

[Bug]: \genfrac has bad spacing with (high) custom ruler

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#22172 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· oscargus opened on Jan 9, 2022

OTF feature support (alternate figure styles, etc.)

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#16566 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· dnadlinger opened on Feb 24, 2020

Should we use font metrics for line height instead of "lp"?

topic: text

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#31220 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Mar 1, 2026

[Bug]: Numbers in words not italic

status: confirmed bug

topic: text/fonts

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#29253 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· Sanas-m opened on Dec 7, 2024

Support font features/language in default RendererBase.draw_text

topic: canvas and figure manager

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 31461

#31461 In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Apr 7, 2026