# problem exporting eps figures since mathematica 10

I am having trouble when exporting eps figures since I have upgraded to mathematica 10.0 in linux.

Basically the text in the frame label and in the frameticks come out bad. The letters are much to close to each other. They are almost on top of each other.

For instance when I plot

ListPlot[{{0, 0}, {0.1, 0.1}}, Frame -> True, FrameTicks -> {{{{0.04, 0.04}, {0.08, 2.25}},
None}, {{{0.04, 0.04}, {0.08, 2.25}}, None}}, FrameLabel -> {"x Axis", "y Axis"}]


The first image is exported as an eps then converted to png with convert -density 300 Test.eps Testeps.png

The second image is exported as a pdf then converted to png with convert -density 300 Test.pdf Testpdf.png

Thanks in advance for any help.

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• It has been discussed quite a few times here already. What seems to be the case is that pdf export works much better since V10 and also much better than eps export. If you need to get a good-looking eps image, export to pdf (with Export command, not from the menu) first and then convert pdf to eps with a third party tool. I use "pdftops -eps Something.pdf" under linux to do that. – Alexey Bobrick Feb 3 '15 at 13:17
• And note that if your purpose in exporting to .eps is to include the plot in a $\LaTeX$ document, just export it as .pdf and use pdflatex rather than latex to process the document. – murray Feb 3 '15 at 15:09
• @murray: A good point indeed, in general! May, however, not work with submitting papers if the journals require the figures to be in .eps. – Alexey Bobrick Feb 3 '15 at 15:50
• thanks for the advice. I indeed need an eps for submitting papers. I will make a pdf and convert it or reinstall mathematica 9. I nevertheless hope that Wolfram will do something about this issue... – Emile Maras Feb 4 '15 at 13:38

Export[SystemDialogInput["FileSave", "All.jpg"], %,
ImageResolution -> 150, "CompressionLevel" -> 0];


Using this export command I got good looking plots on Windows. It may work on your operating system too.

For eps:

Export[SystemDialogInput["FileSave", "All.eps"], %%,
ImageResolution -> 150, "CompressionLevel" -> 0];


You can experiment with resolution, etc.

This is my first answer so if there is any mistake please pardon me.

• Thank you for your reply. The problem was actually fixed with mathematica 10.2. – Emile Maras Mar 15 '16 at 6:05