This is a table of the output formats supported by each backend.

You may need to expand your terminal window to read this table

correctly. It may be edited with emacs' table mode.

Each cell specifies the backend that actually handles the file format.

A cell with a '+' in it denotes the rasterizer and the file writing

infrastructure as separate pieces.

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

| |bmp |emf |eps |jpeg |pcx |pdf |png |ps |raw |svg |svgz |tiff |xpm |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Agg | |emf |ps | | |pdf |agg * |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Cairo | |emf |ps | | |cairo |cairo |cairo|agg |cairo|cairo| | |

|[1] | | |[2] | | | |* | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|CocoaAgg| |emf |ps | | |pdf |agg * |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Emf | |emf *| | | | | | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|FltkAgg | |emf |ps | | |pdf |agg * |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Gd | | | | | | |gd * | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Gtk | |emf |ps |gdk + | |pdf |gdk + |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

|(gdk) | | | |pixbuf | | |pixbuf| | | | | | |

| | | | | | | |* | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|GtkAgg | |emf |ps |agg + | |pdf |agg + |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

| | | | |pixbuf | | |pixbuf| | | | | | |

| | | | | | | |* | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|GtkCairo| |emf |ps |cairo +| |cairo |cairo |cairo|agg |cairo|cairo| | |

| | | | |pixbuf | | |* | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Paint | | | | | | |libart| | | | | | |

|(libart)| | | | | | |* | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Pdf | | | | | |pdf * | | | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Ps | | |ps | | | | |ps * | | | | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|QtAgg | |emf |ps | | |pdf |agg * |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Qt4Agg | |emf |ps | | |pdf |agg * |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Svg | | | | | | | | | |svg *|svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|TkAgg | |emf |ps | | |pdf |agg * |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|Wx |wx + |emf |ps |wx + wx|wx + |pdf |wx + |ps |agg |svg |svg |wx + |wx + |

| |wx | | | |wx | |wx * | | | | |wx |wx |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

|WxAgg | |emf |ps | | |pdf |agg * |ps |agg |svg |svg | | |

+--------+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

* Default filetype for the backend

[1] Cairo's default filetype is specified in rcParams['cairo.format']

[2] Cairo does not produce .eps files, and instead falls back on

backend_ps.py