Re: [Matplotlib-users] bug or problem in my configuration

[Darren D. <dar...@co...>]

Hi Mike,

On Tuesday 23 October 2007 09:05:56 am Michael Droettboom wrote:
> Unfortunately, I can't reproduce this on my machine even with the latest
> stable version of freetype-2.5.3 (which is the same version in Ubuntu
> Gutsy).

I think you mean freetype-2.3.5. I also have that version installed, althou=
gh=20
the mpl setup script is reporting 9.16.3.

> The Ubuntu/Debian package of freetype has a lot of patches=20
> applied, and I don't know if they are causing this (but from the looks
> of them, I doubt it).
>
> Can you set debug.verbose to "annoying" and send me the output of your
> matplotlib run?  I want to rule out any font-loading problems.

It's attached. I'm running 64bit gentoo, everything compiled with gcc-4.2.2=
,=20
in case its relevent.

Darren

> Michael Droettboom wrote:
> > I can't reproduce this bug on my own machine with SVN head.  I suspect
> > this is freetype2 related -- that's the library that actually performs
> > the rendering of the characters for the Agg backend.  The fact the
> > humufr saw this after upgrading to Gutsy suggests there might have been
> >   change to freetype that is now revealing possibly an incorrect usage
> > in matplotlib.  Can you please send the version of freetype you are
> > using?  (pkg-config --modversion freetype2)
> >
> > My machine has the (fairly old) 2.1.9.
> >
> > I'm going to try installing the latest freetype and see if I can
> > reproduce this bug.
> >
> > [I believe this is an instance of the same bug that Darren sent me
> > off-list.]
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike
> >
> > hu...@ya... wrote:
> >> Sorry I didn't know the difference...
> >>
> >> N.
> >>
> >> Le Friday 19 October 2007 10:52:25 Darren Dale, vous avez =E9crit :
> >>> On Friday 19 October 2007 10:38:36 am hu...@ya... wrote:
> >>>> Le Friday 19 October 2007 08:37:00 Darren Dale, vous avez =E9crit :
> >>>>> On Thursday 18 October 2007 11:49:50 am hu...@ya... wrote:
> >>>>>> 	Hi,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have a small problem with label.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> plot([0,1],[0,1])
> >>>>>> xlabel(r'$ABCDEF$',fontsize=3D35)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> (but the size doesn't change anything) I obtain the result visible
> >>>>>> on the figure join. I think there are a problem when using latex a=
nd
> >>>>>> how the first character is handle.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't think its a problem with matplotlib; I can't reproduce the
> >>>>> problem on my machine. Maybe its an issue with your dvipng? I'm usi=
ng
> >>>>> version 1.9.
> >>>>
> >>>> Oups I found the problem, I don't know why because it was working fi=
ne
> >>>> before the upgrade to gutsy but I have to change matplotlib
> >>>> configuration and everything is working fine if I put in the file:
> >>>>
> >>>> rc('text', usetex=3DTrue)
> >>>
> >>> In your first email you said you were using latex, but you were
> >>> actually using mathtext. I can confirm the problem when I disable
> >>> usetex and instead use mathtext. Mike, is this something easy to fix?
> >>>
> >>> Darren
> >>
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