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| From | sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> |
| Newsgroups | comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot |
| Subject | Re: pattern artifacts in pdf and eps |
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| Date | Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:07:34 -0700 |
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Don wrote: > I use the filledcurves option in plot with gnuplot 4.4.3 for windows > 32 under windows XP. As term I use eps or pdf (also tried pdfcairo) as > I want to include figures into pdflatex. I want to include the figures > in a paper, so they should be neat. > On screen the resultant graphics show strong artifacts, namely white > or black lines along edges of "tiles". > I found in some forums the hint that this are probably anti-aliasing > artifacts of the ps-viewer (gv 3.6.5 under cygwin) or the pdf-viewer > (tried acrobat reader 9.3, foxit 3.2, sumatra 1.8). Using gv with - > noantialias nearly removes the artifacts on screen, although I can > still make out the white lines. They are also present on the printout > (on a Kyocera PCL XL with 600 dpi). At a guess, the output to your Kyocera is prepared by ghostscript. So it's the same ghostscript anti-aliasing bug. > With pdf output things are even worse. The pattern-fill in pdfcairo is not entirely satisfactory, again due to flaws in an external tool. It has gotten better in libcairo 1.10, but still could be improved. There will be a partial workaround in gnuplot version 4.4.4
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pattern artifacts in pdf and eps Don <dondonnan@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-13 03:01 -0700
Re: pattern artifacts in pdf and eps sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2011-10-13 11:07 -0700
Re: pattern artifacts in pdf and eps Don <dondonnan@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-17 00:58 -0700
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