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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Version 2.0.0_1 breaks OpenType font character spacing on PDF save","articleBody":"### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nI know that Matplotlib does not officially support OpenType fonts, but I have successfully been using them for axis labels in version 1.5.3 and earlier. I just updated Matplotlib via Macports and the character spacing and alignment broke, especially with larger font sizes. For example, X axis titles that are centered begin at the same position, but have extra wide spacing. This is found with all OpenType fonts that I have tried.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n- This requires the free font Canter (not ideal for graphing, but it is available for testing), but can be reproduced with other fonts. \r\n- I have only included my setting of the fonts and saving the PDF, as this can be reproduced with any plot I've made.\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib as mpl\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nf = {'family':'Canter;, 'weight':'light', 'size':20}\r\nmpl.rc('font', **f)\r\n\r\nplt.savefig('test.pdf', transparent=True)\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\n[170208-correlation-version 2.pdf](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/files/762224/170208-correlation-version.2.pdf)\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\n[170208-correlation-version 1.5.pdf](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/files/762222/170208-correlation-version.1.5.pdf)\r\n- This worked in v 1.5.3 and does not work in 2.0.0\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\r\n- Python 2.7, Matplotlib versions 1.5.3 and 2.0.0, installed via macports\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/andermannlab","@type":"Person","name":"andermannlab"},"datePublished":"2017-02-08T23:16:43.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":16},"url":"https://github.com/8050/matplotlib/issues/8050"}