Re: [Py2exe-users] Problems with matplotlib/mathtext fonts

[Jonno <jon...@gm...>]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Werner F. Bruhin <wer...@fr...>wrote:

>
> I am still on mpl 0.99.3 and this works for me, what mpl version are you
> using?
>
> import matplotlib as mpl
> data_files += mpl.get_py2exe_datafiles()
>
> But then I don't use mathtext.
>
> I'm on 1.1.0


> >
> > I tried manually copying the entire mpl-data folder into the dist folder
> > after running py2exe on setup.py but still I get the same error.
> >
> > Does data_files do anything other than include files and directories in
> > the dist folder?
>
> It just copies it to the correct location in your distribution folder,
> i.e. for mpl I get "mpl-data" and it contains the "STIX...." fonts.
>
> Do your font files end up directly in \mpl-data or in \mpl-data\font or
something else?
I think (hope) my issue might be the findfont function is just looking in
the wrong place.


> > It seems that the findfont method in matplotlib's font_manager isn't
> > working after running through py2exe and I guess when _get_glyph in
> > mathtext.pyo attempts to use Bitstream Vera Sans font.
> >
> > Any ideas anyone?
>
> IIRC there were some issues with this in some of the MPL versions 1.0.x.
>
> BTW, you are not using py2exe optimize=1 ? If yes, try 2 or 3.
>
> I've tried optimize = 2 and the default (?).