[Matplotlib-users] Mathtext spacing

[Dominique O. <Dom...@po...>]

I just downloaded the latest matplotlib (0.63.4) for Windows XP. I got 
rid of my font cache to make sure they would be re-generated. I have two 
questions/issues:

1) The font cache was not re-created, for some reason.

2) The spacing in math text does not seem to be rendered. I may be doing 
something wrong. I have tried this in both the TkAgg and GTKAgg 
backends. If i modify the example script mathtext_demo.py so the line

title(r'$\Delta_i^j \hspace{0.4} \rm{versus} \hspace{0.4} 
\Delta_{i+1}^j$', fontsize=20)

becomes

title(r'$\Delta_i^j \hspace{0.4} \rm{versus some} \hspace{0.4} 
\Delta_{i+1}^j$', fontsize=20)

the space between 'versus' and 'some' is not rendered on my machine.

If you have any idea why that is, i'd be very grateful.
Thanks,
Dominique