The code adds some completely useless invisible (or rather white) stuff. The lines
\clip(0pt,403pt) -- (389.957pt,403pt) -- (389.957pt,99.6166pt) -- (0pt,99.6166pt) -- (0pt,403pt);
\color[rgb]{1,1,1}
\fill(3.76406pt,399.236pt) -- (380.923pt,399.236pt) -- (380.923pt,253.19pt) -- (3.76406pt,253.19pt) -- (3.76406pt,399.236pt);
\fill(53.4497pt,394.719pt) -- (374.901pt,394.719pt) -- (374.901pt,289.325pt) -- (53.4497pt,289.325pt) -- (53.4497pt,394.719pt);
draw a white background that is larger than the actual picture. TikZ sees that and thinks it is part of the picture. Simply removing/uncommenting these lines removes most of the whitespace.
Near the end of the first scope,
\color[rgb]{1,1,1}
\fill(3.76406pt,249.426pt) -- (386.193pt,249.426pt) -- (386.193pt,103.381pt) -- (3.76406pt,103.381pt) -- (3.76406pt,249.426pt);
does the same.
Additionally (near the end of the second scope
),
\pgftext[center, base, at={\pgfpoint{220.95pt}{106.392pt}}]{\sffamily\fontsize{9}{0}\selectfont{\textbf{ }}}
adds a blank node below the picture, again enlarging the bounding box.
Removing all those lines gives a tight bounding box.
As far as I know, TikZ cannot do the cropping for you, as it can't know whether the white stuff is intentional or not (there might for example be a dark background behind the image so that white is visible).
Here is a simple solution (if you don't already use every picture
style). Add the following line in your preamble:
\tikzset{every picture/.style={/utils/exec={\sffamily}}}
Example:
\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\tikzset{every picture/.style={/utils/exec={\sffamily}}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [font=\sffamily\itshape] {I should be in sans italic or sans oblique};
\node [font=\itshape,below] {I should be in sans italic or sans oblique};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Best Answer
\sffamily
is not enough because numbers and labels are in math mode.The package
sansmath
will do the tick.The command
\sansmath
behaves as\boldmath
does.See Change font family in pgfplots