Framelabel doesn't render correctly when exporting as a PDF

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When using \Micro in a figure frame label, it doesn’t display properly when saved as a PDF.

Details:

  • I’m using Mathematica 10.0.0.0 on Windows 10

  • This renders correctly in the notebook and when saving as a PNG

  • Simple example below:

      SetOptions[ListPlot, Joined -> False, PlotMarkers -> Automatic, 
    Frame -> True, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, ImageSize -> Medium,
     FrameStyle -> Black, 
    BaseStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Helvetica", FontSize -> 16}]; 
  SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]];
  pl1 = ListPlot[{{2, 2}, {4, 2}, {7, 3}, {15, 1}}, 
    FrameLabel -> {"X (\[Micro]m)", "Y (\[Micro]m)"}, PlotStyle -> Blue]
  Export["pdfout.pdf", pl1]
  Export["pdfout.png", pl1]

The correct output:

pdfout.png
pdfout.png360×239 2.26 KB

The broken output (pdf screenshot):

Capture.PNG
Capture.PNG1117×740 18.2 KB

Can you tell me how I might fix this vertical text rendering when exporting as a PDF?

Thanks!

2

Hi pk pk,

I’m using Mathematica 10.0.0.0 on Windows 10

I guess one of the versions 10 (Mathematica or Win) has a problem here. On my system (“12.2.0 for Linux x86 (64-bit) (December 12, 2020)”) it works perfectly! Maybe (an odd-looking) workaround is to use \[Mu] instead of \[Micro].

3

Unfortunately, \mu also has the same problem

4

I give up, I’ll just edit it in post

5

Did you try printing as a PDF instead of saving or exporting as a PDF.