From 957432fae79ec6ea9452844f3b849a39eec03c6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jostein Leira <9363084+josteinl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:54:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove filter of non-ascii characters in
 `RendererDxf.draw_text()`.

---
 CHANGES.md            | 9 +++++++++
 mpldxf/backend_dxf.py | 6 ------
 pyproject.toml        | 5 +++--
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b0c83f1..a378c3a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changes
 
+## Version 1.0.4
+
+_2026-03-10_
+
+Change:
+
+- Remove filter of non-ascii characters in `RendererDxf.draw_text()`. 
+  Let this be up to the caller if any filtering is needed.
+
 ## Version 1.0.3
 
 _2026-02-24_
diff --git a/mpldxf/backend_dxf.py b/mpldxf/backend_dxf.py
index fb28401..0685961 100644
--- a/mpldxf/backend_dxf.py
+++ b/mpldxf/backend_dxf.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, unicode_literals
 from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 import os
 import sys
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@
     FigureManagerBase,
 )
 from matplotlib.transforms import Affine2D
-import matplotlib.transforms as transforms
-import matplotlib.collections as mplc
 import numpy as np
 from shapely import Point
 from shapely.geometry import LineString, Polygon
@@ -818,9 +815,6 @@ def draw_text(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle, ismath=False, mtext=None):
         else:
             dxfattribs["color"] = rgb_to_dxf(gc.get_rgb())
 
-        s = s.replace("\u2212", "-")
-        s = s.encode("ascii", "ignore").decode()
-
         if s and len(s) > 0 and s[0] == "$":
             pattern = r"\\mathbf\{(.*?)\}"
             stripped_text = re.sub(pattern, r"\1", s)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 655991a..65acb50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mpldxf"
-version = "1.0.3"  
+version = "1.0.4"
 description = "A fork of mpldxf - a matplotlib backend to write DXF drawings. Modified by NGI to handle geotechnical plots"
 authors = ["David Kent",
            "Jon-Michael Josefsen <jmj@ngi.no>",
-           "Ingeborg Gjerde <ingeborg.gjerde@ngi.no>"]
+           "Ingeborg Gjerde <ingeborg.gjerde@ngi.no>",
+           "Jostein Leira <jostein@leira.net>"]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
 homepage = "https://github.com/norwegian-geotechnical-institute/mpldxf-NGI"