On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I am getting this runtime error for some of my plotting scripts ever since I > did a clean build and install of matplotlib from the svn repo: > > [snip] > File "/home/bvr/Programs/matplotlib/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/text.py", line > 524, in draw > bbox, info = self._get_layout(renderer) > File "/home/bvr/Programs/matplotlib/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/text.py", > line 298, in _get_layout > ismath=False) > File > "/home/bvr/Programs/matplotlib/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gdk.py", > line 309, in get_text_width_height_descent > layout, inkRect, logicalRect = self._get_pango_layout(s, prop) > File > "/home/bvr/Programs/matplotlib/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gdk.py", > line 283, in _get_pango_layout > font_str = '%s, %s %i' % (prop.get_name(), prop.get_style(), size,) > File > "/home/bvr/Programs/matplotlib/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py", > line 742, in get_name > return ft2font.FT2Font(str(findfont(self))).family_name > RuntimeError: Could not open facefile > /home/bvr/Programs/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/Vera.ttf; > Cannot_Open_Resource > > The file exists, and is certainly read-able. The program "Fonty Python" > even checked and said that the fonts in that folder were valid, and > displayed samples. Looking back at discussion threads before, this error has > come up before back in 2007: > http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-us...@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05229.html > > Any thoughts?
Just a shot in the dark, but does it help to flush the font cache in your .matplotlib dir? > rm -rf ~/.matplotlib/font*.cache JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
