Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problem getting math symbols into text

[Michael H. <jm_...@ya...>]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Droettboom <md...@st...>
> To: Michael Hannon <jm_...@ya...>; 
>mat...@li...
> Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 6:24:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problem getting math symbols into text

> It looks like you're configured for the STIX fonts (the rcParam
> mathtext.fontset = stix), but they are not installed on your system.
> 
> Do you have the file "STIXGeneral.ttf" on your system?  Perhaps you need to
> install an additional package.

Hi, Mike.  I've thrashed around a bit more with this.  It appears that if I
use the matplotlib from Fedora 13 (version 0.99) I get the correct behavior
for math text if I also install the stix* packages AND set
rcParams[mathtext.fontset] to "stix".  (There are four stix packages in Fedora
13, all small, and I just installed all of them, so I don't know what the
minimum requirement is).

I also got the appropriate math text when I installed the latest matplotlib
from source and used all the default settings.  I've now reverted to the
standard Fedora packages and stix, so I can't easily compare the two sets of
rcParams.

Thanks for your help.

-- Mike