I want to render equations to PNG files and embed them in the HTML documentation of my library. I am already using pylab (matplotlib) in other projects.

I have not found any clues in <http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/usetex.html> and <http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/mathtext.html>

When I do

```
plt.title(r'$\alpha > \beta$')
plt.show()

```

I get a titled empty figure with axes.

**Update:**

After doing some research I found, that the easiest way of rendering LaTeX to png is using mathext ( <http://code.google.com/p/mathtex/> ).

Suprisingly, I had all requiered libraries to build it from source.

Anyway, thanks to everyone for replies.

**Update 2:**

I did some testing of mathtex and found it does not support matrices (\begin{pmatrix}) and some other things I need.
So, I'm going to install LaTex (MikTeX).

**Update 3:**

I installed proTeXt. It's huge, but easy-to-use and fast. IMHO, for now it's the only way of rendering equations.