Re: [Matplotlib-users] ANN matplotlib-0.42

[LUK S. <shu...@po...>]

John Hunter wrote:
>>>>>>"LUK" == LUK ShunTim <shu...@po...> writes:
> 
> 
>     LUK> A slight glitch though. I think John has changed the AFMPATH
>     LUK> environmental variable to MATPLOTLIBDATA (which is a more
>     LUK> appropriate name) so people installing matplotlib in
>     LUK> non-default places will have to set it instead.
> 
> ps backend is setup to use both, the idea that you may have some AFM
> files independent of matplotlib, and some that ship with matplotlib.
> The MATPLOTLIBDATA is indeed for people installing in nonstandard
> places.  But if AFMPATH is not working for you, I need to know since
> this is a bug.
> 
> Thanks!
> John Hunter
> 

I think that's an oversight of mine. I had AFMPATH set to point to the directory 
which holds the afm, xpm files etc before I upgrade. After upgrading I got the 
error described above and I found out that I have to set MATPLOTLIBDATA. I did 
not realize that AFMPATH is *still* used.

I have tex installed so I hope I can use quite a lot more fonts now. Is the path 
to the .afm files all that is needed? Do I have to set anything else, for 
example where to find the pfa/pfb files? I found that matplotlib spits out 
warnings like

** (log_demo.py:1264): WARNING **: Couldn't load font "Times 9.599609375"
falling back to "Sans 9.599609375"

Regards,
ST