Re: [Matplotlib-users] eps font finding problem on WinXP (?)

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Gary" == Gary Pajer <pa...@in...> writes:

    Gary> I've poked around the docs and archives, for a clue to this,
    Gary> but if it's there I didn't recognize it.

    Gary> version: 0.62 WinXP default backend: TkAgg interactive (with
    Gary> ipython)

Hi Gary, just to make sure we're clear.  The last version of
matplotlib released was 0.61.0.  Is this what you mean, or are you
using CVS?

    Gary> On computer A I have version 0.54 installed.  There I can
    Gary> create a plot and say savefig('plot.eps') and get a good eps
    Gary> file.

    Gary> On computer B I have version 0.62 installed.  There I can
    Gary> create a plot and say savefig('plot.eps') with different
    Gary> results: ghostscript chokes.

There is a known bug in the ps backend on win32 that was discussed
here a couple of weeks ago.  Fortunately, it has a trivial fix.  In
site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py, in the encodeTTFasPS
function, replace the line

    font = file(fontfile)

with

    font = file(fontfile, 'rb')

Windows cares a lot about that binary flag.

Please let me know if this cures what ails you, because we are getting
ready to release the next matplotlib version and I hate to release
code with known bugs.

Thanks!
JDH