How can I export a figure with non-Latin (eg Greek) characters?

I want to create a plot with MATLAB 2012b and label one axis with the Greek letter 'omega'. I use the following code:

xlabel('\omega, cm^{-1}', 'Interpreter', 'TeX')

The Greek character and the superscript text display correctly on screen.

I then want to actually use the figure, so I export it as EPS (the only publication-quality vector graphics format I know). Unfortunately the Greek letter is gone and replaced by a latin 'w'.

Am I doing something wrong? If this is a bug, is there a workaround?

[Jose Carrasco]

I am as well interested in finding a solution to this issue!

[Rik]

This sounds like the target platform doesn't include Greek letters in the chosen font and therefore converts to the Latin equivalent letters. You should confirm with a third program whether this is a Matlab issue in writing, or an issue with reading in your target application.

Answer 1

[Menika]

Hi,

You can try exporting to the EPS format using the following command in the command window:

print('myplot.eps', '-depsc');

Here 'myplot' is the name of the figure.

This commands will save your plot as an EPS file in the current directory.

Hope this helps.