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DOC: plotting section for Users Guide

Documentation: examplesfiles in galleries/examplesfiles in galleries/examples

Documentation: plot typesfiles in galleries/plot_typesfiles in galleries/plot_types

Documentation: user guidefiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/usersfiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/users

status: needs comment/discussionneeds consensus on next stepneeds consensus on next step

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 29124

#29124�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· jklymak opened on Nov 11, 2024

DOC: just new labels

Documentation: examplesfiles in galleries/examplesfiles in galleries/examples

Documentation: plot typesfiles in galleries/plot_typesfiles in galleries/plot_types

Documentation: user guidefiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/usersfiles in galleries/users_explain or doc/users

status: needs comment/discussionneeds consensus on next stepneeds consensus on next step

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 29508

#29508�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· jklymak opened on Jan 23, 2025

Center of rotation for text with rotation_mode='anchor'

Difficulty: Mediumhttps://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contribute.html#good-first-issueshttps://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contribute.html#good-first-issues

Good first issueOpen a pull request against these issues if there are no active ones!Open a pull request against these issues if there are no active ones!

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text

Status: Open.

#13044�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· timhoffm opened on Dec 23, 2018

TST: Reset tolerances on tests changed by text overhaul

Maintenance

topic: mplot3d

Status: Draft (not ready).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 31303

#31303�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Mar 14, 2026

Font and text overhaul

backend: agg

backend: cairo

backend: pdf

backend: pgf

backend: ps

backend: svg

CI: Run cibuildwheelRun wheel building tests on a PRRun wheel building tests on a PR

status: waiting for other PR

topic: mplot3d

topic: path handling

Status: Draft (not ready).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 30161

#30161�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Jun 10, 2025

[Bug]: Font fallback issue with CJK characters in text containing math formulas

status: confirmed bug

Status: Open.

#29173�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· SomeBottle opened on Nov 22, 2024

[Bug]: Incorrect rendering of Abugida fonts on Matplotlib visualization

topic: text

Status: Open.

#29357�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· nik9hil opened on Dec 20, 2024

[Feature Request] Proper Arabic Language Support in Matplotlib Plots

topic: text

Status: Open.

#29806�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· ahmadmarzok opened on Mar 25, 2025

Unexpected replacement of \right) with exlamation point in MathTextParser output

topic: text

Status: Open.

#5210�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· rsnape opened on Oct 8, 2015

[Bug]: Font rendering bug for Devanagari text

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#23082�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· kach opened on May 20, 2022

Cannot render Apple Color Emoji in plots

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#12830�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· brienna opened on Nov 18, 2018

matplotlib can't handle "newer" TrueType fonts

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

New feature

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#2071�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· mdboom opened on May 28, 2013

Indic Script labels not rendered correctly

MEP: MEP14text handlingtext handling

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#8765�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· aquiire opened on Jun 15, 2017

Please add support for ttc font files (PDF/PS output)

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#3135�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· mjanikas opened on Jun 13, 2014

[MNT]: Please update freetype version

Maintenance

Status: Open.

#20842�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· iynehz opened on Aug 16, 2021

font finding in OSX produces 200+ lines of warnings

OS: Apple

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#28249�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· tacaswell opened on May 17, 2024

[Bug]: bbox computed incorrectly when using a superscript

topic: text/usetex

Status: Open.

#21653�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· kc9jud opened on Nov 16, 2021

[Bug]: Math fonts (Type 3) incorrectly embedded in PDF?

backend: pdf

Status: Open.

#21797�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· andreas-brugger opened on Nov 29, 2021

sub/superscripts should be moved further from the baseline following large delimiters

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#18086�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· anntzer opened on Jul 27, 2020

Vertical positioning in mathtext fraction rendering could be improved

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#18389�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· anntzer opened on Sep 1, 2020

[Bug]: \genfrac has bad spacing with (high) custom ruler

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#22172�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· oscargus opened on Jan 9, 2022

OTF feature support (alternate figure styles, etc.)

keepItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github ActionItems to be ignored by the “Stale” Github Action

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#16566�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· dnadlinger opened on Feb 24, 2020

Should we use font metrics for line height instead of "lp"?

topic: text

topic: text/fonts

Status: Open.

#31220�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Mar 1, 2026

[Bug]: Numbers in words not italic

status: confirmed bug

topic: text/fonts

topic: text/mathtext

Status: Open.

#29253�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· Sanas-m opened on Dec 7, 2024

Support font features/language in default RendererBase.draw_text

topic: canvas and figure manager

Status: Open (in progress).

matplotlib/matplotlibnumber 31461

#31461�?In matplotlib/matplotlib;

· QuLogic opened on Apr 7, 2026