diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pdf/pdf_use14corefonts.pdf b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pdf/pdf_use14corefonts.pdf
index bbe66a67bcc2..5cdc2e34e25d 100644
Binary files a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pdf/pdf_use14corefonts.pdf and b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pdf/pdf_use14corefonts.pdf differ
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py
index 2feee6fb1238..dad45bd38ee9 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py
@@ -15,19 +15,27 @@
 from matplotlib.testing.decorators import (image_comparison, knownfailureif,
                                            cleanup)
 
-if 'TRAVIS' not in os.environ:
-    @image_comparison(baseline_images=['pdf_use14corefonts'],
-                      extensions=['pdf'])
-    def test_use14corefonts():
-        rcParams['pdf.use14corefonts'] = True
-        rcParams['font.family'] = 'sans-serif'
-        rcParams['font.size'] = 8
-        rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['Helvetica']
-        rcParams['pdf.compression'] = 0
-
-        text = '''A three-line text positioned just above a blue line
-    and containing some French characters and the euro symbol:
-    "Merci pépé pour les 10 €"'''
+
+@image_comparison(baseline_images=['pdf_use14corefonts'],
+                  extensions=['pdf'])
+def test_use14corefonts():
+    rcParams['pdf.use14corefonts'] = True
+    rcParams['font.family'] = 'sans-serif'
+    rcParams['font.size'] = 8
+    rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['Helvetica']
+    rcParams['pdf.compression'] = 0
+
+    text = '''A three-line text positioned just above a blue line
+and containing some French characters and the euro symbol:
+"Merci pépé pour les 10 €"'''
+
+    fig = plt.figure()
+    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
+    ax.set_title('Test PDF backend with option use14corefonts=True')
+    ax.text(0.5, 0.5, text, horizontalalignment='center',
+            verticalalignment='bottom',
+            fontsize=14)
+    ax.axhline(0.5, linewidth=0.5)
 
 
 @cleanup