From: Phil R. <ver...@gm...> - 2009-08-24 04:04:32
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When you have a problem like this with one install looking one place and another install looking in another place making a symbolic link is usually easier and more likely to catch everything than making a copy. In your case you could have said: ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages I'm glad you quickly found the root cause. Phil On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 6:36 PM, per freem<per...@gm...> wrote: > i figured out what i did wrong and so am writing it here in case it > helps others. > > the basic issue is that the .ttf font was missing in the new > matplotlib directory. to discover this, i ran python with > --verbose-debug as suggested in previous threads by others. then i > copied my version of Helvetica.ttf into: > > /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/pdfcorefonts > > and > > /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf > > then everything worked and i was able to change fonts to helvetica. > > thanks. > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 7:12 PM, per freem<per...@gm...> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> the following code used to work for me in matplotlib-0.98 to make a >> simple scatter plot and change the font from the default font to >> Helvetica (I am using mac os x). >> >> import matplotlib >> matplotlib.use('PDF') >> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >> from matplotlib import rc >> rc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['Helvetica']}) >> from scipy import * >> from numpy import * >> >> my_fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6,5), dpi=100) >> x = rand(100)*300 >> y = rand(100) >> plt.scatter(x, y) >> plt.rcParams['xtick.direction'] = 'out' >> plt.rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'out' >> c = 0.05*300.5 >> plt.xlim([0-c, 300+c]) >> plt.ylim([-0.05, 1.05]) >> plt.savefig('x.pdf') >> >> i recently upgraded to matplotlib-0.99 and the changing of the font >> using the above method no longer works. the figure is plotted the >> same, but the font remains the default matplotlib font. >> >> one potential problem in the installation was this: i installed >> matplotlib-0.99 using the dmg prepackaged binary installer. this >> installed matplotlib in the directory: >> >> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages >> >> however, for some reason ipython / python2.5 was looking for packages in: >> >> /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages >> >> and so matplotlib/mpl_toolkits was not found. so I copied the >> directories 'matplotlib' and 'mpl_toolkits' from >> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages >> to /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages. Perhaps this was the cause of >> the problem? >> >> thanks for your help. >> >> (i run my code via ipython, by the way.) >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Mat...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > |