René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Bug]: Alignment of minus sign when using LaTeX","articleBody":"### Bug summary\n\nThere seems to be a different alignment for the minus sign depending on if the string contains only the minus sign or more characters when LaTeX is used.\n\n### Code for reproduction\n\n```Python\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nplt.rcParams.update({\"text.usetex\": True})\r\n\r\nplt.text(0, 0, '$-3$', fontsize=40)\r\nplt.text(0.2, 0, '$-$', fontsize=40)\r\nplt.text(0.28, 0, '$3$', fontsize=40)\r\nplt.ylim(-0.1, 0.1);\r\nplt.axis('off');\n```\n\n\n### Actual outcome\n\n![actual_output](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/48cc6059-d314-49d0-b435-3d4af5aafa04)\r\n\n\n### Expected outcome\n\n![expected_output](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/92ad320c-716a-45be-a131-e5aafebefb93)\r\n\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_\n\n### Operating system\n\nmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1\n\n### Matplotlib Version\n\n3.9.2\n\n### Matplotlib Backend\n\nmodule://matplotlib_inline.backend_inline\n\n### Python version\n\n3.10.13\n\n### Jupyter version\n\n6.5.4\n\n### Installation\n\nconda","author":{"url":"https://github.com/johannfaouzi","@type":"Person","name":"johannfaouzi"},"datePublished":"2024-08-29T14:27:18.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/28766/matplotlib/issues/28766"}