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Fixed in 10.1

It looks like the save as pdf is broken after I update to version 10.0.2. The labels in the plot become a mess.

Are there ways to fix it? The Export function works well though.

Here is a screenshot

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enter image description here I'm using OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)

update

It seems to be a frontend problem. Now I'm using a 10.0.2 kernel with a 10.0.1 frontend, which works great for me.

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    Can't reproduce this. I have 10.0.2 with OS X 10.10.1 – Mike Honeychurch Dec 12 '14 at 02:12
  • @MikeHoneychurch Thanks for testing. What mac are you using? I'm using a 2011 year Macbook air. – xslittlegrass Dec 12 '14 at 02:17
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    @xslittlegrass Can confirm this on Ubuntu 14.04 with Mathematica V10.0.2 – halirutan Dec 12 '14 at 02:26
  • Unlike @Mike I see this problem with 10.0.2 with OS X 10.10.1 (MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)). A workaround is to use Preview to take a screenshot from selection then Save... with Format set to PDF. – Bob Hanlon Dec 12 '14 at 02:41
  • @BobHanlon Thanks for confirming but the screenshot has a very low resolution. – xslittlegrass Dec 12 '14 at 02:47
  • On Windows 7 and 10.0.2 : with Save Selection As I get garbage even for text, with Save As all is fine. – b.gates.you.know.what Dec 12 '14 at 08:07
  • I can confirm this, 10.0.2, OS X 10.10.1. – Szabolcs Dec 12 '14 at 15:45
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    This is not the only issue with Save As..., there's also this. So it's probably better to use Export anyway. – Szabolcs Dec 12 '14 at 15:47
  • @Szabolcs Export works great, but what I really miss is the copying feature. Since the save as is broken, the copied image is also broken. – xslittlegrass Dec 12 '14 at 15:56
  • @Szabolcs I'm posting this to the wolfram community, hoping to get their attention and maybe fixed soon. The Technical support seems doesn't have the power to push the bug get fixed. I have reported many to them, but only a few get fixed. – xslittlegrass Dec 12 '14 at 16:02
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    The good news is that there's already a sign that a 10.0.3 might be coming. – Szabolcs Dec 12 '14 at 16:13
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    @Szabolcs Thanks for the news, I'm feeling better now :) – xslittlegrass Dec 12 '14 at 16:17
  • 10.0.2 under Windows: context-menu item broken as illustrated, but File > Save Selection As... still works correctly. – Mr.Wizard Dec 13 '14 at 00:04
  • Possibly related: (55435) – Mr.Wizard Dec 13 '14 at 00:12
  • Thats weird that others with similar set ups to me are seeing different. I have a 14 month old mac mini – Mike Honeychurch Dec 13 '14 at 08:04
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    @halirutan A bit embarrassed to ask, but how on earth do I update my 10.0.0.0 to a more recent version. My pref. is set to automatic update. – MathLind Dec 13 '14 at 10:41
  • @MathLind The update of Mathematica itself will not happen automatically. I'm not sure if everyone can get the minor updates (like 10.0.1->10.0.2) for free, but you should be able to find out by logging into the Wolfram user portal. There, I can manage all my licenses, get the new versions, etc.. – halirutan Dec 13 '14 at 21:25
  • back at my computer now and I must be going crazy. Save As and Copy As give the same result as above. However Print As, then save to PDF, works fine. Maybe that was what I did but I don't remember doing it that way! – Mike Honeychurch Dec 14 '14 at 05:13
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    I confirm this with 10.0.2 on Mac OSX 10.9.5.Save selection as PDF is definitely broken. Export to PDF works. – abwatson Dec 17 '14 at 01:35
  • @halirutan Thank you for the feedback. Good news: As from yesterday, the update 10.0.2 seems to be available even for hobbyists. – MathLind Dec 17 '14 at 20:16
  • This is a pretty amusing glitch. – DumpsterDoofus Dec 29 '14 at 23:20
  • Have you received any responses about this from support? – Szabolcs Jan 25 '15 at 16:36
  • @Szabolcs Yes/No. I checked my email again, and remembered that the technical support send me an empty message. I was in a meeting and meant to ask them but forgot. I sent a message to ask them just now. I will put their answer here after hearing back from them. Thanks for the reminder. By the way the case number is [CASE:1993278]. – xslittlegrass Jan 25 '15 at 16:45
  • response from technical support: "Our development team has been made aware of this issue and are looking into it." – xslittlegrass Jan 26 '15 at 16:48
  • I just ran into this problem with Mathematica 10.0.2 on Mac OS 10.9.5. I'm fairly sure it only started happening when I upgraded to Mathematica 10.0.2, so I restored 10.0.1 from a Time Machine backup, and the problem no longer appears. So from what I see, it is a new problem introduced in 10.0.2, despite what SquareOne reported. – Ian Hinder Feb 23 '15 at 15:15
  • Maybe using "Save Selection As..." could be a solution for the moment. BTW, it seems that when the graphics are 3D, the font changing does not occur. – Αλέξανδρος Ζεγγ Mar 06 '15 at 10:19
  • Cannot reproduce this with Mathematica 10.1 under OS X 10.10.3. – murray Jun 01 '15 at 15:45

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Downgrade from Mathematica 10.0.2 back to 10.0.1. This can be done using a Time Machine backup if you have one on Mac OS. That fixed it for me, and there is nothing particular in 10.0.2 that I need, as far as I know.

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    "Downgrade from Mathematica 10.0.2 back to 10.0.1." <- The OP already knew that the bug was introduced in 10.0.2. "and there is nothing particular in 10.0.2 that I need" <- Except lots of fixes to other bugs which may or may not be as disruptive as this one, including bugs which cause silent wrong results. Point releases are primarily for bugfixes and I wouldn't advise to anyone to downgrade. If something like this is particularly disruptive, it's always possible to keep 10.0.1 and 10.0.2 side by side. – Szabolcs Feb 23 '15 at 15:39
  • I do agree though that this is extremely disruptive when one needs to produce figures. – Szabolcs Feb 23 '15 at 16:14
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    You are right, i checked again, no problem with 10.0.1 (OSX10.9.5), only with 10.0.2. By the way, I have v9.0, v10.0.1, v10.0.2 installed side by side. To install your v10.0.1 side by side with your already installed v10.0.2, you just have to give it a different name, that's all. – SquareOne Feb 23 '15 at 18:12
  • Szabolcs: There were no answers to the question, so I thought I would add a non-ideal one so that new readers didn't have to delve through all the comments. Each person should decide for themselves whether to downgrade or not; for me, it is a serious impediment to my workflow, as I am frequently copying plots into emails to send to people. I have to balance this against a set of unknown bug fixes (is there an actual list somewhere?) which may potentially avoid silent wrong results. It's easier to use Export than to switch versions when I need to copy a plot, both of which are disruptive. – Ian Hinder Feb 25 '15 at 09:39
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Workaround for Mathematica 10.0.2:

Save twice!

The second one will be normal.

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