DVI libraries for Python

• Matplotlib dviread: matplotlib.dviread.Dvi iterates over the pages of a DVI file and returns every glyph and rule with its position, font name and size. Matplotlib uses it to place LaTeX-rendered text (text.usetex). It needs a TeX installation for the font metrics. PSF-based license.

To render DVI pages from Python, call dvipng or dvisvgm with subprocess.

• Matplotlib dviread matplotlib.dviread reads TeX DVI files in Python. How to list pages, glyphs, rules and fonts with positions, extract approximate text and find TeX font files.