Re: [Matplotlib-users] Font problems w/ mpl, fink, ttf

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    skip> I installed the fink version of mpl on my 10.3.9 laptop the other
    skip> day.  I've not been able to work around font problems ...

    John> What version of matplotlib are you using.  

According to fink I am using

    matplotlib-py24     0.84-2
    freetype219         2.1.9-1
    freetype219-shlibs  2.1.9-1

The -1 and -2 are presumably fink package numbers.

    John> I suggest either upgrading to the most recent mpl which should be
    John> tolerant of bad fonts.

Unfortunately, I think I'm as up-to-date as I can get, right?

    John> If that doesn't work, you might want to look into the font_manager
    John> module, and hack the font finding machinery to just return the mpl
    John> system fonts (eg Vera*).  If you search for

    John>   self.ttffiles = findSystemFonts(paths) + findSystemFonts()

    John>  you'll find the spot where the font search list is set and you
    John> could manually hack this.  We could provide an override setting
    John> for the font manager in rc that says "just use such and such font
    John> dirs".

Thanks, I'll check into this this evening...

Skip