Why is the text in my figure labels corrupted when I print to a PDF file in MATLAB 7.0 (R14)?

I have a figure with LaTeX interpreted axes labels and title. When I print the figure to a PDF file using a PDF printer driver (one that shows up as a "printer", as opposed to using PRINT with the '-dpdf' option), the text is corrupted. Characters inside math equations are converted to the Greek letter psi and other characters are converted to small accent marks.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This is an issue with the 3rd party printer driver and (possibly) what fonts are generally available to the system.

You can use the following command:

print(gcf,'-dpdf','filename')'

where "filename" is the name you would like to save the figure to.

Alternatively, you can save the file as PDF by selecting File -> Save As... from the figure window and then choosing PDF from the drop down menu in the dialog. box.