Revert "Preserve whitespace in svg output."

anntzer · anntzer · commit f1332e99bafb · 2019-05-31T20:16:08.000+02:00
This reverts commit 5c54324.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py
@@ -317,9 +317,7 @@ def _write_default_style(self):
         writer = self.writer
         default_style = generate_css({
             'stroke-linejoin': 'round',
-            'stroke-linecap': 'butt',
-            'white-space': 'pre',
-        })
+            'stroke-linecap': 'butt'})
         writer.start('defs')
         writer.start('style', type='text/css')
         writer.data('*{%s}\n' % default_style)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_svg/white_space_pre.svg b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_svg/white_space_pre.svg
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_svg.py
@@ -77,13 +77,6 @@ def test_text_urls():
     assert expected in buf
 
 
-@image_comparison(['white_space_pre.svg'])
-def test_white_space_pre():
-    plt.rcParams["svg.fonttype"] = "none"
-    fig = plt.figure()
-    fig.text(.5, .5, "a b   c")
-
-
 @image_comparison(['bold_font_output.svg'])
 def test_bold_font_output():
     fig = plt.figure()
