[Matplotlib-users] SVG backend fails with locale change

Hi,

If I change the locale using cairo backend, the result is fine.
But with SVG backend, every objects collapse on top-left corner.

As you can see here :
http://mathieu-leplatre.info/media/matplotlib-svg/localechange-svg.svg

I exported it to png with inkscape to reveal objects outside of frame :
http://mathieu-leplatre.info/media/matplotlib-svg/localechange-svg.png

Cairo output is fine :
http://mathieu-leplatre.info/media/matplotlib-svg/localechange-cairo.svg

I guess it's not a unicode problem, since the strings have no
non-ascii characters.

The code is quite straightforward, it allows me to choose the date
language for the formatters.
Let me know if I should fill a bug report.
Thank you all !

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import locale, matplotlib
from datetime import datetime
matplotlib.use('svg')
import pylab, numpy

locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'fr_FR.UTF-8')
today = datetime.today().strftime("%A")

pylab.title( today )
pylab.plot( range(10), numpy.random.randn( 10 ))
pylab.savefig('localechange-%s' % matplotlib.get_backend())
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