Strange output with matplotlib usetex

[banthur]

I have a somewhat odd problem that gives text rendered using matplotlib's usetex option a 'cartoony' look. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it so I made a picture.

http://i.imgur.com/CjKlU.png

The left text was generated using matplotlib and the right side was rendered using MikTeX+TeXnic center. For some reason, the alignment of the characters in matplotlib is slightly uneven. This problem makes text look unprofessional and is not pleasing to the eye. The problem is somewhat mitigated depending on the zoom level you view the text at but it is quite pronounced at typical reading levels.

I am saving the plot as a .eps file and putting it in my tex document as a figure. The following code reproduces my problem

from pylab import *

rc('text', usetex=True)
rc('font', family='serif')
rc('font', size=14.0)

yv = sin(arange(0,0.1,10))
plot(yv)
title('Aircraft')
savefig('aircraft.eps')

I'm fairly new to python and tex so any input will be appreciated.

I have Miktex 2.9, matplotlib 1.0.1, and python 2.6 on Windows 7 x64.

 

[banthur]

I fixed my problem -- I did not realize that using the default settings in matplotlib rasterized text (at a crude resolution). I have sinced added the line

rc('ps', usedistiller='xpdf')

and installed the xpdf package. My text looks much, much better now.

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