Re: [Matplotlib-users] problem with a umlaut

[Christoph G. <cg...@uc...>]

On 5/15/2013 1:55 PM, Ojala Janne wrote:
>
>>> Which backend are you using?  I can't reproduce.  Does
>
>>>https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/master/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_demo.py
> <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/master/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/unicode_demo.py>
>
>>> work for you?
>
> The bug only happens if I try to save the figure as EPS. So I suppose that
> then means its a cairo back end (happens also if I force cairo). So that
> means
> as written the code works fine but if i try to make publishable quality
> output
> by saving as EPS (a raster image is not suitable), it crashes.
>
> But it again works if I add any character thats so weird that ist on a n
> extended
>   unicode block then all characters seem to be handled correctly. Even
> the ones
> that previously crashed.
>

I can reproduce the crash on Python 2.7, 32 and 64 bit. Python 2.6 and 
3.3 appear to work. The call stack is attached. The crash is in 
ttfont_add_glyph_dependencies() at 
<https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v1.2.x/ttconv/pprdrv_tt2.cpp#L703>

Christoph