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<section class="sphx-glr-example-title" id="text-rendering-with-xelatex-lualatex-via-the-pgf-backend">
<span id="pgf"></span><span id="sphx-glr-users-explain-text-pgf-py"></span><h1>Text rendering with XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX via the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pgf</span></code> backend<a class="headerlink" href="#text-rendering-with-xelatex-lualatex-via-the-pgf-backend" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h1>
<p>Using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pgf</span></code> backend, Matplotlib can export figures as pgf drawing
commands that can be processed with pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex. XeLaTeX and
LuaLaTeX have full Unicode support and can use any font that is installed in
the operating system, making use of advanced typographic features of OpenType,
AAT and Graphite. Pgf pictures created by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">plt.savefig('figure.pgf')</span></code>
can be embedded as raw commands in LaTeX documents. Figures can also be
directly compiled and saved to PDF with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">plt.savefig('figure.pdf')</span></code> by
switching the backend</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">use</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'pgf'</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>or by explicitly requesting the use of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pgf</span></code> backend</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">savefig</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'figure.pdf'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">backend</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'pgf'</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>or by registering it for handling pdf output</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">FigureCanvasPgf</span>
<span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">backend_bases</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register_backend</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'pdf'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">FigureCanvasPgf</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The last method allows you to keep using regular interactive backends and to
save xelatex, lualatex or pdflatex compiled PDF files from the graphical user
interface. Note that, in that case, the interactive display will still use the
standard interactive backends (e.g., QtAgg), and in particular use latex to
compile relevant text snippets.</p>
<p>Matplotlib's pgf support requires a recent <a class="reference external" href="http://www.tug.org">LaTeX</a> installation that includes
the TikZ/PGF packages (such as <a class="reference external" href="http://www.tug.org/texlive/">TeXLive</a>), preferably with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX
installed. If either pdftocairo or ghostscript is present on your system,
figures can optionally be saved to PNG images as well. The executables
for all applications must be located on your <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#envvar-PATH"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code></a>.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../../../api/matplotlib_configuration_api.html#matplotlib.rcParams" title="matplotlib.rcParams"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcParams</span></code></a> that control the behavior of the pgf backend:</p>
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<thead>
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<th class="head"><p>Documentation</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>pgf.preamble</p></td>
<td><p>Lines to be included in the LaTeX preamble</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>pgf.rcfonts</p></td>
<td><p>Setup fonts from rc params using the fontspec package</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>pgf.texsystem</p></td>
<td><p>Either "xelatex" (default), "lualatex" or "pdflatex"</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>TeX defines a set of special characters, such as:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># $ % & ~ _ ^ \ { }</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Generally, these characters must be escaped correctly. For convenience,
some characters (_, ^, %) are automatically escaped outside of math
environments. Other characters are not escaped as they are commonly needed
in actual TeX expressions. However, one can configure TeX to treat them as
"normal" characters (known as "catcode 12" to TeX) via a custom preamble,
such as:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"pgf.preamble"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span>
<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\AtBeginDocument{\catcode`\&=12\catcode`\#=12}"</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<section id="multi-page-pdf-files">
<span id="pgf-rcfonts"></span><h2>Multi-Page PDF Files<a class="headerlink" href="#multi-page-pdf-files" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>The pgf backend also supports multipage pdf files using
<a class="reference internal" href="../../../api/backend_pgf_api.html#matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf.PdfPages" title="matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf.PdfPages"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PdfPages</span></code></a></p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">PdfPages</span>
<span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">plt</span>
<span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">PdfPages</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'multipage.pdf'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="s1">'author'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'Me'</span><span class="p">})</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">pdf</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">fig1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">ax1</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="n">pdf</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">savefig</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fig1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">fig2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">ax2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="n">pdf</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">savefig</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fig2</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="font-specification">
<h2>Font specification<a class="headerlink" href="#font-specification" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>The fonts used for obtaining the size of text elements or when compiling
figures to PDF are usually defined in the <a class="reference internal" href="../../../api/matplotlib_configuration_api.html#matplotlib.rcParams" title="matplotlib.rcParams"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcParams</span></code></a>. You can also use the
LaTeX default Computer Modern fonts by clearing the lists for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../customizing.html?highlight=font.serif#matplotlibrc-sample"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["font.serif"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['DejaVu</span> <span class="pre">Serif',</span> <span class="pre">'Bitstream</span> <span class="pre">Vera</span> <span class="pre">Serif',</span> <span class="pre">'Computer</span> <span class="pre">Modern</span> <span class="pre">Roman',</span> <span class="pre">'New</span> <span class="pre">Century</span> <span class="pre">Schoolbook',</span> <span class="pre">'Century</span> <span class="pre">Schoolbook</span> <span class="pre">L',</span> <span class="pre">'Utopia',</span> <span class="pre">'ITC</span> <span class="pre">Bookman',</span> <span class="pre">'Bookman',</span> <span class="pre">'Nimbus</span> <span class="pre">Roman</span> <span class="pre">No9</span> <span class="pre">L',</span> <span class="pre">'Times</span> <span class="pre">New</span> <span class="pre">Roman',</span> <span class="pre">'Times',</span> <span class="pre">'Palatino',</span> <span class="pre">'Charter',</span> <span class="pre">'serif']</span></code>),
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../customizing.html?highlight=font.sans-serif#matplotlibrc-sample"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["font.sans-serif"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['DejaVu</span> <span class="pre">Sans',</span> <span class="pre">'Bitstream</span> <span class="pre">Vera</span> <span class="pre">Sans',</span> <span class="pre">'Computer</span> <span class="pre">Modern</span> <span class="pre">Sans</span> <span class="pre">Serif',</span> <span class="pre">'Lucida</span> <span class="pre">Grande',</span> <span class="pre">'Verdana',</span> <span class="pre">'Geneva',</span> <span class="pre">'Lucid',</span> <span class="pre">'Arial',</span> <span class="pre">'Helvetica',</span> <span class="pre">'Avant</span> <span class="pre">Garde',</span> <span class="pre">'sans-serif']</span></code>) or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../customizing.html?highlight=font.monospace#matplotlibrc-sample"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["font.monospace"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['DejaVu</span> <span class="pre">Sans</span> <span class="pre">Mono',</span> <span class="pre">'Bitstream</span> <span class="pre">Vera</span> <span class="pre">Sans</span> <span class="pre">Mono',</span> <span class="pre">'Computer</span> <span class="pre">Modern</span> <span class="pre">Typewriter',</span> <span class="pre">'Andale</span> <span class="pre">Mono',</span> <span class="pre">'Nimbus</span> <span class="pre">Mono</span> <span class="pre">L',</span> <span class="pre">'Courier</span> <span class="pre">New',</span> <span class="pre">'Courier',</span> <span class="pre">'Fixed',</span> <span class="pre">'Terminal',</span> <span class="pre">'monospace']</span></code>). Please note that the glyph
coverage of these fonts is very limited. If you want to keep the Computer
Modern font face but require extended Unicode support, consider installing the
<a class="reference external" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/cm-unicode/">Computer Modern Unicode</a> fonts <em>CMU Serif</em>, <em>CMU Sans Serif</em>, etc.</p>
<p>When saving to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.pgf</span></code>, the font configuration Matplotlib used for the
layout of the figure is included in the header of the text file.</p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">plt</span>
<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">update</span><span class="p">({</span>
<span class="s2">"font.family"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="c1"># Use LaTeX default serif font.</span>
<span class="s2">"font.serif"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[],</span>
<span class="c1"># Use specific cursive fonts.</span>
<span class="s2">"font.cursive"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"Comic Neue"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"Comic Sans MS"</span><span class="p">],</span>
<span class="p">})</span>
<span class="n">fig</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">figsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">4.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">3.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"monospace"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"monospace"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"sans-serif"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"DejaVu Sans"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Use specific sans font.</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">1.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"comic"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"cursive"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_xlabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"µ is not $</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s2">mu$"</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="custom-preamble">
<span id="pgf-preamble"></span><h2>Custom preamble<a class="headerlink" href="#custom-preamble" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>Full customization is possible by adding your own commands to the preamble.
Use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../customizing.html?highlight=pgf.preamble#matplotlibrc-sample"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.preamble"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>) if you want to configure the math fonts,
using <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicode-math</span></code> for example, or for loading additional packages. Also,
if you want to do the font configuration yourself instead of using the fonts
specified in the rc parameters, make sure to disable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../customizing.html?highlight=pgf.rcfonts#matplotlibrc-sample"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.rcfonts"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>).</p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">mpl</span>
<span class="n">mpl</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">use</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"pgf"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">plt</span>
<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">update</span><span class="p">({</span>
<span class="s2">"font.family"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># use serif/main font for text elements</span>
<span class="s2">"text.usetex"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># use inline math for ticks</span>
<span class="s2">"pgf.rcfonts"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># don't setup fonts from rc parameters</span>
<span class="s2">"pgf.preamble"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">([</span>
<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage</span><span class="si">{url}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># load additional packages</span>
<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage{unicode-math}"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># unicode math setup</span>
<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\setmainfont{DejaVu Serif}"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># serif font via preamble</span>
<span class="p">])</span>
<span class="p">})</span>
<span class="n">fig</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">figsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">4.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_xlabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"unicode text: я, ψ, €, ü"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_ylabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\url{https://matplotlib.org}"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">legend</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s2">"unicode math: $λ=∑_i^∞ μ_i^2$"</span><span class="p">])</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="choosing-the-tex-system">
<span id="pgf-texsystem"></span><h2>Choosing the TeX system<a class="headerlink" href="#choosing-the-tex-system" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>The TeX system to be used by Matplotlib is chosen by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../customizing.html?highlight=pgf.texsystem#matplotlibrc-sample"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.texsystem"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'xelatex'</span></code>).
Possible values are <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'xelatex'</span></code> (default), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'lualatex'</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'pdflatex'</span></code>.
Please note that when selecting pdflatex, the fonts and Unicode handling must
be configured in the preamble.</p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">plt</span>
<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">update</span><span class="p">({</span>
<span class="s2">"pgf.texsystem"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"pdflatex"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s2">"pgf.preamble"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">([</span>
<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage[utf8x]</span><span class="si">{inputenc}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage[T1]</span><span class="si">{fontenc}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage</span><span class="si">{cmbright}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="p">]),</span>
<span class="p">})</span>
<span class="n">fig</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">figsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">4.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">3.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"monospace"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"monospace"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"sans-serif"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"sans-serif"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_xlabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"µ is not $\mu$"</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<ul class="simple">
<li><p>On Windows, the <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#envvar-PATH"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code></a> environment variable may need to be modified
to include the directories containing the latex, dvipng and ghostscript
executables. See <a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#environment-variables"><span class="std std-ref">Environment variables</span></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#setting-windows-environment-variables"><span class="std std-ref">Setting environment variables in Windows</span></a> for details.</p></li>
<li><p>Sometimes the font rendering in figures that are saved to png images is
very bad. This happens when the pdftocairo tool is not available and
ghostscript is used for the pdf to png conversion.</p></li>
<li><p>Make sure what you are trying to do is possible in a LaTeX document,
that your LaTeX syntax is valid and that you are using raw strings
if necessary to avoid unintended escape sequences.</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../customizing.html?highlight=pgf.preamble#matplotlibrc-sample"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.preamble"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>) provides lots of flexibility, and lots of
ways to cause problems. When experiencing problems, try to minimalize or
disable the custom preamble.</p></li>
<li><p>Configuring an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicode-math</span></code> environment can be a bit tricky. The
TeXLive distribution for example provides a set of math fonts which are
usually not installed system-wide. XeLaTeX, unlike LuaLaTeX, cannot find
these fonts by their name, which is why you might have to specify
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\setmathfont{xits-math.otf}</span></code> instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\setmathfont{XITS</span> <span class="pre">Math}</span></code> or
alternatively make the fonts available to your OS. See this
<a class="reference external" href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/43642/">tex.stackexchange.com question</a> for more details.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If the font configuration used by Matplotlib differs from the font setting
in yout LaTeX document, the alignment of text elements in imported figures
may be off. Check the header of your <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.pgf</span></code> file if you are unsure about
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using either the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rasterized=True</span></code> keyword, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.set_rasterized(True)</span></code> as
per <a class="reference internal" href="../../../gallery/misc/rasterization_demo.html"><span class="doc">this example</span></a>.</p></li>
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