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to download the full example code.</p>

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<span id="pgf"></span><span id="sphx-glr-users-explain-text-pgf-py"></span><h1>Text rendering with XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX via the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pgf</span></code> backend<a class="headerlink" href="#text-rendering-with-xelatex-lualatex-via-the-pgf-backend" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h1>

<p>Using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pgf</span></code> backend, Matplotlib can export figures as pgf drawing

commands that can be processed with pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex. XeLaTeX and

LuaLaTeX have full Unicode support and can use any font that is installed in

the operating system, making use of advanced typographic features of OpenType,

AAT and Graphite. Pgf pictures created by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">plt.savefig('figure.pgf')</span></code>

can be embedded as raw commands in LaTeX documents. Figures can also be

directly compiled and saved to PDF with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">plt.savefig('figure.pdf')</span></code> by

switching the backend</p>

<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">use</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'pgf'</span><span class="p">)</span>

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<p>or by explicitly requesting the use of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pgf</span></code> backend</p>

<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">savefig</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'figure.pdf'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">backend</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'pgf'</span><span class="p">)</span>

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<p>or by registering it for handling pdf output</p>

<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">FigureCanvasPgf</span>

<span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">backend_bases</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register_backend</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'pdf'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">FigureCanvasPgf</span><span class="p">)</span>

</pre></div>

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<p>The last method allows you to keep using regular interactive backends and to

save xelatex, lualatex or pdflatex compiled PDF files from the graphical user

interface. Note that, in that case, the interactive display will still use the

standard interactive backends (e.g., QtAgg), and in particular use latex to

compile relevant text snippets.</p>

<p>Matplotlib's pgf support requires a recent <a class="reference external" href="http://www.tug.org">LaTeX</a> installation that includes

the TikZ/PGF packages (such as <a class="reference external" href="http://www.tug.org/texlive/">TeXLive</a>), preferably with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX

installed. If either pdftocairo or ghostscript is present on your system,

figures can optionally be saved to PNG images as well. The executables

for all applications must be located on your <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#envvar-PATH"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code></a>.</p>

<p><a class="reference internal" href="../../../api/matplotlib_configuration_api.html#matplotlib.rcParams" title="matplotlib.rcParams"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcParams</span></code></a> that control the behavior of the pgf backend:</p>

<thead>

<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Parameter</p></th>

<th class="head"><p>Documentation</p></th>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody>

<tr class="row-even"><td><p>pgf.preamble</p></td>

<td><p>Lines to be included in the LaTeX preamble</p></td>

</tr>

<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>pgf.rcfonts</p></td>

<td><p>Setup fonts from rc params using the fontspec package</p></td>

</tr>

<tr class="row-even"><td><p>pgf.texsystem</p></td>

<td><p>Either "xelatex" (default), "lualatex" or "pdflatex"</p></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

</div>

<p>TeX defines a set of special characters, such as:</p>

</pre></div>

</div>

<p>Generally, these characters must be escaped correctly. For convenience,

some characters (_, ^, %) are automatically escaped outside of math

environments. Other characters are not escaped as they are commonly needed

in actual TeX expressions. However, one can configure TeX to treat them as

"normal" characters (known as "catcode 12" to TeX) via a custom preamble,

such as:</p>

<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"pgf.preamble"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span>

<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\AtBeginDocument{\catcode`\&=12\catcode`\#=12}"</span><span class="p">)</span>

</pre></div>

</div>

<span id="pgf-rcfonts"></span><h2>Multi-Page PDF Files<a class="headerlink" href="#multi-page-pdf-files" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>

<p>The pgf backend also supports multipage pdf files using

<a class="reference internal" href="../../../api/backend_pgf_api.html#matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf.PdfPages" title="matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf.PdfPages"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PdfPages</span></code></a></p>

<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">PdfPages</span>

<span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">plt</span>

<span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">PdfPages</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'multipage.pdf'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="s1">'author'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'Me'</span><span class="p">})</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">pdf</span><span class="p">:</span>

<span class="n">fig1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">()</span>

<span class="n">pdf</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">savefig</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fig1</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">fig2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">()</span>

<span class="n">pdf</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">savefig</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fig2</span><span class="p">)</span>

</pre></div>

</div>

</section>

<h2>Font specification<a class="headerlink" href="#font-specification" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>

<p>The fonts used for obtaining the size of text elements or when compiling

figures to PDF are usually defined in the <a class="reference internal" href="../../../api/matplotlib_configuration_api.html#matplotlib.rcParams" title="matplotlib.rcParams"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcParams</span></code></a>. You can also use the

LaTeX default Computer Modern fonts by clearing the lists for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../configuration.html?highlight=font.serif#rcparam-font-serif"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["font.serif"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['DejaVu</span> <span class="pre">Serif',</span> <span class="pre">'Bitstream</span> <span class="pre">Vera</span> <span class="pre">Serif',</span> <span class="pre">'Computer</span> <span class="pre">Modern</span> <span class="pre">Roman',</span> <span class="pre">'New</span> <span class="pre">Century</span> <span class="pre">Schoolbook',</span> <span class="pre">'Century</span> <span class="pre">Schoolbook</span> <span class="pre">L',</span> <span class="pre">'Utopia',</span> <span class="pre">'ITC</span> <span class="pre">Bookman',</span> <span class="pre">'Bookman',</span> <span class="pre">'Nimbus</span> <span class="pre">Roman</span> <span class="pre">No9</span> <span class="pre">L',</span> <span class="pre">'Times</span> <span class="pre">New</span> <span class="pre">Roman',</span> <span class="pre">'Times',</span> <span class="pre">'Palatino',</span> <span class="pre">'Charter',</span> <span class="pre">'serif']</span></code>),

<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../configuration.html?highlight=font.sans-serif#rcparam-font-sans-serif"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["font.sans-serif"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['DejaVu</span> <span class="pre">Sans',</span> <span class="pre">'Bitstream</span> <span class="pre">Vera</span> <span class="pre">Sans',</span> <span class="pre">'Computer</span> <span class="pre">Modern</span> <span class="pre">Sans</span> <span class="pre">Serif',</span> <span class="pre">'Lucida</span> <span class="pre">Grande',</span> <span class="pre">'Verdana',</span> <span class="pre">'Geneva',</span> <span class="pre">'Lucid',</span> <span class="pre">'Arial',</span> <span class="pre">'Helvetica',</span> <span class="pre">'Avant</span> <span class="pre">Garde',</span> <span class="pre">'sans-serif']</span></code>) or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../configuration.html?highlight=font.monospace#rcparam-font-monospace"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["font.monospace"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">['DejaVu</span> <span class="pre">Sans</span> <span class="pre">Mono',</span> <span class="pre">'Bitstream</span> <span class="pre">Vera</span> <span class="pre">Sans</span> <span class="pre">Mono',</span> <span class="pre">'Computer</span> <span class="pre">Modern</span> <span class="pre">Typewriter',</span> <span class="pre">'Andale</span> <span class="pre">Mono',</span> <span class="pre">'Nimbus</span> <span class="pre">Mono</span> <span class="pre">L',</span> <span class="pre">'Courier</span> <span class="pre">New',</span> <span class="pre">'Courier',</span> <span class="pre">'Fixed',</span> <span class="pre">'Terminal',</span> <span class="pre">'monospace']</span></code>). Please note that the glyph

coverage of these fonts is very limited. If you want to keep the Computer

Modern font face but require extended Unicode support, consider installing the

<a class="reference external" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/cm-unicode/">Computer Modern Unicode</a> fonts <em>CMU Serif</em>, <em>CMU Sans Serif</em>, etc.</p>

<p>When saving to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.pgf</span></code>, the font configuration Matplotlib used for the

layout of the figure is included in the header of the text file.</p>

<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">plt</span>

<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">update</span><span class="p">({</span>

<span class="s2">"font.family"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">,</span>

<span class="c1"># Use LaTeX default serif font.</span>

<span class="s2">"font.serif"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[],</span>

<span class="c1"># Use specific cursive fonts.</span>

<span class="s2">"font.cursive"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"Comic Neue"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"Comic Sans MS"</span><span class="p">],</span>

<span class="n">fig</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">subplots</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">figsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">4.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">))</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">))</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"monospace"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"monospace"</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">2.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"sans-serif"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"DejaVu Sans"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Use specific sans font.</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">2.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">1.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"comic"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"cursive"</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_xlabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"µ is not $</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s2">mu$"</span><span class="p">)</span>

</pre></div>

</div>

</section>

<span id="pgf-preamble"></span><h2>Custom preamble<a class="headerlink" href="#custom-preamble" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>

<p>Full customization is possible by adding your own commands to the preamble.

Use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../configuration.html?highlight=pgf.preamble#rcparam-pgf-preamble"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.preamble"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>) if you want to configure the math fonts,

using <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicode-math</span></code> for example, or for loading additional packages. Also,

if you want to do the font configuration yourself instead of using the fonts

specified in the rc parameters, make sure to disable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../configuration.html?highlight=pgf.rcfonts#rcparam-pgf-rcfonts"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.rcfonts"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>).</p>

<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">mpl</span>

<span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">as</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">plt</span>

<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">update</span><span class="p">({</span>

<span class="s2">"font.family"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># use serif/main font for text elements</span>

<span class="s2">"text.usetex"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># use inline math for ticks</span>

<span class="s2">"pgf.rcfonts"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># don't setup fonts from rc parameters</span>

<span class="s2">"pgf.preamble"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">([</span>

<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage</span><span class="si">{url}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># load additional packages</span>

<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage{unicode-math}"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># unicode math setup</span>

<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\setmainfont{DejaVu Serif}"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1"># serif font via preamble</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_xlabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"unicode text: я, ψ, €, ü"</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_ylabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\url{https://matplotlib.org}"</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">legend</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s2">"unicode math: $λ=∑_i^∞ μ_i^2$"</span><span class="p">])</span>

</pre></div>

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<span id="pgf-texsystem"></span><h2>Choosing the TeX system<a class="headerlink" href="#choosing-the-tex-system" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>

<p>The TeX system to be used by Matplotlib is chosen by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../configuration.html?highlight=pgf.texsystem#rcparam-pgf-texsystem"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.texsystem"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'xelatex'</span></code>).

Possible values are <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'xelatex'</span></code> (default), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'lualatex'</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'pdflatex'</span></code>.

Please note that when selecting pdflatex, the fonts and Unicode handling must

be configured in the preamble.</p>

<span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">update</span><span class="p">({</span>

<span class="s2">"pgf.texsystem"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"pdflatex"</span><span class="p">,</span>

<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage[utf8x]</span><span class="si">{inputenc}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span>

<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage[T1]</span><span class="si">{fontenc}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span>

<span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"\usepackage</span><span class="si">{cmbright}</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="p">,</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">3.</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"serif"</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_xlabel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">r</span><span class="s2">"µ is not $\mu$"</span><span class="p">)</span>

</pre></div>

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<span id="pgf-troubleshooting"></span><h2>Troubleshooting<a class="headerlink" href="#troubleshooting" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>

<li><p>Make sure LaTeX is working and on your <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#envvar-PATH"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code></a> (for raster output,

pdftocairo or ghostscript is also required). The <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#envvar-PATH"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PATH</span></code></a> environment

variable may need to be modified (in particular on Windows) to include the

directories containing the executable. See <a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#environment-variables"><span class="std std-ref">Environment variables</span></a> and

<a class="reference internal" href="../../../install/environment_variables_faq.html#setting-windows-environment-variables"><span class="std std-ref">Setting environment variables in Windows</span></a> for details.</p></li>

<li><p>Sometimes the font rendering in figures that are saved to png images is

very bad. This happens when the pdftocairo tool is not available and

ghostscript is used for the pdf to png conversion.</p></li>

<li><p>Make sure what you are trying to do is possible in a LaTeX document,

that your LaTeX syntax is valid and that you are using raw strings

if necessary to avoid unintended escape sequences.</p></li>

<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference internal" href="../configuration.html?highlight=pgf.preamble#rcparam-pgf-preamble"><span class="std std-ref"><span class="pre">rcParams["pgf.preamble"]</span></span></a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">''</span></code>) provides lots of flexibility, and lots of

ways to cause problems. When experiencing problems, try to minimalize or

disable the custom preamble.</p></li>

<li><p>Configuring an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicode-math</span></code> environment can be a bit tricky. The

TeXLive distribution for example provides a set of math fonts which are

usually not installed system-wide. XeLaTeX, unlike LuaLaTeX, cannot find

these fonts by their name, which is why you might have to specify

<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\setmathfont{xits-math.otf}</span></code> instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\setmathfont{XITS</span> <span class="pre">Math}</span></code> or

alternatively make the fonts available to your OS. See this

<a class="reference external" href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/43642/">tex.stackexchange.com question</a> for more details.</p>

</li>

<li><p>If the font configuration used by Matplotlib differs from the font setting

in yout LaTeX document, the alignment of text elements in imported figures

may be off. Check the header of your <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.pgf</span></code> file if you are unsure about

the fonts Matplotlib used for the layout.</p></li>

<li><p>Vector images and hence <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.pgf</span></code> files can become bloated if there are a lot

of objects in the graph. This can be the case for image processing or very

big scatter graphs. In an extreme case this can cause TeX to run out of

memory: "TeX capacity exceeded, sorry" You can configure latex to increase

the amount of memory available to generate the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.pdf</span></code> image as discussed on

<a class="reference external" href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/7953/">tex.stackexchange.com</a>.

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per <a class="reference internal" href="../../../gallery/misc/rasterization_demo.html"><span class="doc">this example</span></a>.</p></li>

<li><p>Various math fonts are compiled and rendered only if corresponding font

packages are loaded. Specifically, when using <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">\mathbf{}</span></code> on Greek letters,

the default computer modern font may not contain them, in which case the

letter is not rendered. In such scenarios, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lmodern</span></code> package should be

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