Clarify doc for Tfm.design_size.

anntzer · anntzer · commit c1dba8e01141 · 2025-03-27T22:57:12.000+01:00
See spec in `texdoc tftopl` section 10 and `texdoc dvitype` section 18.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py b/lib/matplotlib/dviread.py
@@ -776,7 +776,8 @@ class Tfm:
     checksum : int
        Used for verifying against the dvi file.
     design_size : int
-       Design size of the font (unknown units)
+       Design size of the font (in 12.20 TeX points); unused because it is
+       overridden by the scale factor specified in the dvi file.
     width, height, depth : dict
        Dimensions of each character, need to be scaled by the factor
        specified in the dvi file. These are dicts because indexing may
