#90 matplotlib import
Originally created by: frances.alain@gmail.com
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.install winpython under C:\Python27\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3
2.import matplotlib (or just open spyder)
3.
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
error in importing matplotlib, as following:
import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
File "C:\Python27\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3\python-2.7.5.amd64\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py", line 1356, in <module>
_rebuild()
File "C:\Python27\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3\python-2.7.5.amd64\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py", line 1341, in _rebuild
fontManager = FontManager()
File "C:\Python27\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3\python-2.7.5.amd64\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py", line 1004, in __init__
self.ttflist = createFontList(self.ttffiles)
File "C:\Python27\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3\python-2.7.5.amd64\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py", line 584, in createFontList
prop = ttfFontProperty(font)
File "C:\Python27\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3\python-2.7.5.amd64\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py", line 398, in ttfFontProperty
sfnt4 = sfnt4.decode('ascii').lower()
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x82 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
WinPython 64bit 2.7.5.3, OS W7pro
Please provide any additional information below.
Problem solved following instructions at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18689854/enthought-matplotlib-problems-with-plot-function
reproduced here:
[Open the following in a text editor:
\Users\dafonseca\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site- packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py
Search for sfnt4 = sfnt4.decode('ascii').lower()
And replace with sfnt4 = sfnt4.decode('ascii', 'ignore').lower()
This is a known issue in matplotlib 1.3.0 that relates to having a non-ASCII character in one of the font names. Note that this bug won't exist in the next release of matplotlib.]
