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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"EPS and `usetex` give blank output","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\nSaving EPS files with the `usetex=True` option gives a blank output.\r\n\u003c!--A short 1-2 sentences that succinctly describes the bug--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug.\r\nPlease make sure to minimize the number of dependencies required, and provide\r\nany necessary plotted data.\r\nAvoid using threads, as Matplotlib is (explicitly) not thread-safe.--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib as mpl\r\nmpl.use('ps')\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nmpl.rc('text', usetex=True)\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\r\nfig.savefig('output.eps')\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n[output-200094d4-bad.pdf](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/files/4377794/output-200094d4-bad.pdf) (converted from eps to pdf using epstopdf)\r\n\r\nThe EPS file appears to have the incorrect coordinates of the various elements.\r\n\r\n\u003c!--The output produced by the above code, which may be a screenshot, console output, etc.--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\n[output-9e7a235-good.pdf](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/files/4377793/output-9e7a235-good.pdf)\r\n\r\nThis worked in version 3.1.3, but stopped working in 3.2.0. Git `bisect` shows that 200094d4d1c7c3f6dc50b3185cde64e810670cd6 introduced the issue.\r\n\u003c!--A description of the expected outcome from the code snippet--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If this used to work in an earlier version of Matplotlib, please note the version it used to work on--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating system: Linux 5.5.11-arch1-1\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 3.2.1-1\r\n  * Matplotlib backend: ps\r\n  * Python version: 3.8.2-1\r\n\r\n\u003c!--Please tell us how you installed matplotlib and python e.g., from source, pip, conda--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If you installed from conda, please specify which channel you used if not the default--\u003e\r\nMatplotlib installed with `sudo pacman -S python-matplotlib`\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/TomJohnZ","@type":"Person","name":"TomJohnZ"},"datePublished":"2020-03-24T21:49:17.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/16898/matplotlib/issues/16898"}