Hi Mike, sorry, I forgot my platform in my last mail! I am running Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS x86_64 Python: 2.6.5, Ubuntu matplotlib: svn trunk, revision 8841 All other dependencies of matplotlib are installed as "normal" packages of the distribution. Versions can be found here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/python/ Would you like more information or should I run more tests? Greetings, Dieter Am Donnerstag, den 16.12.2010, 15:40 -0500 schrieb Michael Droettboom: > What platform are you on? It "works for me" on Fedora 14, RHEL 5 and > Cygwin. > > Mike > > On 12/16/2010 10:59 AM, Dieter Weber wrote: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- > > import matplotlib > > import matplotlib.pyplot as pp > > import tempfile > > import cStringIO as StringIO > > > > matplotlib.rcParams['svg.embed_char_paths'] = False > > > > pp.plot([1, 2], [1, 2], label=u"äöü") > > pp.legend() > > > > # works > > pp.savefig('test.svg') > > > > # breaks > > with open('test2.svg', 'wb') as ofile: > > pp.savefig(ofile, format='svg') > > > > # breaks > > ostr = StringIO.StringIO() > > pp.savefig(ostr, format='svg') >