Why did font size change when copying figure from matlab to Illustrator?
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Hi there
I was copying some figures from matlab to illustrator and noticed that the font size decreased. Here is what I did: go to Edit in matlab figure---copy figure---right click paste in illustrator (or go to Edit in illustrator---paste in text). They all give the same results. Is there a way to keep the same image when copying from matlab to illustrator while at the same time still allow me to modify the figures?
Thank you very much
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Mark Sherstan
on 11 Feb 2019
I ran the following to generate the plot:
x = 1:10;
y = x.^2;
plot(x,y)
title('x^2','FontSize',16)
print(gcf, '-depsc2', 'test.eps')
And use the placed command in illustrator to load the image. All sizes appeared to line up correctly. I am running MacOS Mojave, MATLAB 2018b and Adobe Illustrator CS5.
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Ankit Dutta
on 20 Feb 2019
If you want to edit a figure in some other applications, save it as vector graphics file, using formats such as PDF or EPS. To export figures in Matlab to Illustrator, do the following:
Using GUI
- Select your figure. Now, choose File menu, Save As...
- Save the file as an .eps file (encapsulated postscript file)
- In Illustrator, you can open this .eps file
Using commands
You can either use saveas or print function to save the figure.
For example to save a figure as an EPS file using 'epsc' file format
saveas(gcf,'FigureFile','epsc')
Please refer to the documentation on ‘Save Figure to Open in Another Application’ for more information.
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