Re: [Matplotlib-users] mathtext and fonts under Windows 8

[Daniel H. <dh...@gm...>]

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> But the thing that bothers me about this error is that it only occurs if I
> try to mix mathtext and non-matplotlib font.  So matplotlib finds Arial
> just fine.  And it finds the mathtext font fine.  Only the mixture is
> fatal.  It's as if the parser loses track of the Arial font, or it looks
> for a mathtext glyph in Arial.  Very strange that it occurs only in Windows
> 8.
>
> Regarding Paul's response, I don't have LaTeX on the W8 computer, and my
> impression is that mathtext doesn't look for "mathematical Arial", instead
> there are some packaged fonts that it uses for this purpose, like Computer
> Modern and STIX.
>

I can confirm this behavior on my Windows 8 box as well.  Everything is
fine until you try to mix mathtext and Arial (and a bunch of other fonts
too, but Arial is the easiest one to test).    I also do not have latex on
the Windows 8 computer.  Identical code works on a Windows 7 machine.