Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Problems with Greek alphabets when converting to pdf

[antiatomkraft]

I have generated some eps figures using matplotlib by savefig('test.eps'), and include the figures in latex using Kile.

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\usepackage{epsfig}

\begin{figure}
 \centering
 \epsfig{file = test.eps, scale = 0.5}
 \label{testing}
\end{figure}

When I convert it to dvi and ps, they both look good. But when I convert it to pdf, all text after the greek alphabets and minus sign in the figures are missing. I also try to convert it to ps and then eps but the problem still persists. How can I solve this problem? Please help!

[shadgrind]

I've noticed that matplotlib's export to eps for LaTeX is a bit funky, as far as the fonts go. Try doing this in matplotlib and see if it helps:

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from matplotlib import rc
rc('ps',usedistiller='xpdf')
rc('text',usetex=True)

That usedistiller option makes matplotlib use the Poppler library for the text rendering, and I've found that it greatly improves the fonts in the generated graphics when converting to PDF. Also make sure you're embedding fonts when you convert from PS to PDF (I'm assuming you're using ps2pdf for that).