Axis font overlaps with axis line following .eps plot export

Good day everyone,

I plot in the following way:

fig = figure('Units','centimeters','PaperSize',[21 29.7], 'Position', [2, 2, 15.59, 8.94]);
ax1=axes;
subplot(1,1,1);
hold on
plot(ax1, Time, Master_I,  'LineWidth',1,'DisplayName','$I_{M}$','Color',"#D95319", LineStyle="-")
plot(ax1, Time, Slave1_I, 'LineWidth',1,'DisplayName','$I_{S1}$','Color',"#0072BD", LineStyle="--")
plot(ax1, Time, Slave2_I, 'LineWidth',1,'DisplayName','$I_{S2}$','Color',"#7E2F8E", LineStyle="--")
plot(ax1, Time, Slave3_I, 'LineWidth',1,'DisplayName','$I_{S3}$','Color',"#77AC30", LineStyle="--")
plot(ax1, Time, Slave4_I, 'LineWidth',1,'DisplayName','$I_{S4}$','Color',"#A2142F", LineStyle="--")
plot(ax1, Time, Slave5_I, 'LineWidth',1,'DisplayName','$I_{S5}$','Color',"#00FFFF", LineStyle="--")
plot(ax1, Time, I_total, 'LineWidth',1,'DisplayName','$I_{tot}$','Color',"k", LineStyle="-.")
ylabel('Current / A', 'Fontsize', 10, 'FontName', 'Latin Modern Roman', 'Interpreter', 'latex')
ylim ([-2.5 2.5])
yticks (-10:0.5:50)
hold off
grid on
xlabel('Time / h', 'Fontsize', 10, 'FontName', 'Latin Modern Roman', 'Interpreter', 'latex')
xlim ([0 6.2])
set (ax1, 'Fontsize', 10, 'FontName', 'Latin Modern Roman', 'YColor', "k", 'Box','on')
legend ('Fontsize', 10, 'FontName', 'Latin Modern Roman', 'NumColumns', 2, 'Interpreter', 'latex');
set(gca,'Box','on')
set(gcf,'renderer','Painters')
set(findall(gcf,'-property','FontSize'),'FontSize',10)
set(findall(gcf,'-property','FontName'),'FontName','Latin Modern Roman')
set(findall(gcf,'-property','Interpreter'),'Interpreter','latex')

Once in the plot window I save the plot (File --> Save As..), I obtain the following as .eps (left) and as .png (rigth):

My problem is that the axis numbering overlap with the y-axis line in .eps, and this seems to be related to the export in this particular format which I need :( Any suggestion?

Thank you for taking your time to read and understad.

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

Thanks for sharing @Totilo. The problem is with the font, Latin Modern Roman. When I change the font to Arial, for example, the eps version of your figure looks fine.

A workaround is to add some space to the right of the axis ticks. One way to do that is set the yticklabel.

ax1.YTickLabel = compose ('%g  ', ax1.YTick); 

or

ax1.YTickLabel = compose ('%.1f  ', ax1.YTick)

depending on your preferences.

Additional feedback

1. You don't need ax1=axes;and subplot(1,1,1); I suggest removing subplot
2. If you're using MATLAB R2022a or later, instead of using set(findall(gcf,'-property',... to set fontsize and fontname, use the new fontsize and fontname functions. However, since you're setting the interpreter to latex, setting fontname and fontsize may not have the affect you intend.

[Totilo]

Thank you. Both workarounds produce usable results. In case someone else looks for it, here the eps exports: left with '%g ' and right with '%.1f '

Thanks again.

[Adam Danz]

I did some more digging and found out that the issue is with the use of Latin Modern Roman font. When I generated your figure using different fonts, the eps looked fine.