# Savefig not searchable pdf in 1.4

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/savefig-not-searchable-pdf-in-1-4/38172>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting\
**Created:** [April 25, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/savefig-not-searchable-pdf-in-1-4/38172 "2020-04-25T02:52:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Varghese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@Varghese](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Varghese)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/savefig-not-searchable-pdf-in-1-4/38172/1 "2020-04-25T02:52:10Z")

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In Julia 1.2 savefig to pdf creates low file size with searchable text. With Julia 1.4, the file size is a lot bigger and the text is not searchable, (but the png images are prettier). How do I create searchable pdf in 1.4? I am using gr.

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**Author:** ![jheinen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jheinen/32/2787_2.png) [@jheinen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jheinen)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/savefig-not-searchable-pdf-in-1-4/38172/2 "2020-04-25T05:09:16Z")

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You will have to specify the `fontfamily` in your plot command(s) to force GR to use one of the pre-defined intrinsic fonts instead of a vector font (which are the default starting with v0.48.0), e.g.

```julia
using Plots
plot(randn(10), fontfamily="helvetica")

```

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**Author:** ![Varghese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@Varghese](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Varghese)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/savefig-not-searchable-pdf-in-1-4/38172/3 "2020-04-25T14:08:50Z")

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Thank you! that worked. I was using a scatter plot with labels, so I added it to Plots.text also. Everything is now searchable. Where can I find a list of pre-defined intrinsic fonts and vector fonts?