Chapter 5. Working with a File Output
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Generating a PNG picture file
- Handling transparency
- Controlling the output resolution
- Generating PDF or SVG documents
- Handling multiple-page PDF documents
Introduction
Like other kinds of technical figures, scientific figures are rarely standalone documents—they are meant to be part of a document. matplotlib can render any figure to various common file formats such as PNG, EPS, SVG, and PDF. By default, a figure is shown with a minimalistic user interface, which allows you to save a figure to a file. However, this approach is not convenient if you have to generate a large batch of figures. Also, you might want to be able to generate a new figure every time some data is updated. In ...
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