It looks like you're configured for the STIX fonts (the rcParam mathtext.fontset = stix), but they are not installed on your system.
Do you have the file "STIXGeneral.ttf" on your system? Perhaps you need to install an additional package. Mike On 08/04/2010 03:18 PM, Michael Hannon wrote: >> Which backend are you using? >> >> Can you set the rcParam "verbose.level" to "debug-annoying" and then >> send us the output produced when running a plot? This will include a >> number of lines about font lookup that may help us diagnose the problem. >> > > Hi, Mike. I'm currently doing this interactively on a Gnome, X-windows > desktop. > > The default backend for this is evidently: > > TkAgg > > I've appended the debug-annoying output, but it may be, as Ben Root has > observed, > that I just need a newer version of matplotlib. > > Thanks for your help. > > -- Mike > > > > > > backend TkAgg version 8.5 > >>>> figure() >>>> > <matplotlib.figure.Figure object at 0x18e6bd0> > >>>> text(0.5, 0.5, r'$\pi$') >>>> > <matplotlib.text.Text object at 0x1a1dbd0> > >>>> show() >>>> > FigureCanvasAgg.draw > RendererAgg.__init__ > RendererAgg.__init__ width=650.0, height=490.0 > RendererAgg.__init__ _RendererAgg done > RendererAgg.__init__ done > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > findfont: Matching > :family=sans-serif:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=medium > to DejaVu Sans (/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf) with score of > 0.100000 > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg.points_to_pixels > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > RendererAgg._get_agg_font > findfont: Matching > :family=sans-serif:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0 > to DejaVu Sans (/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf) with score of > 0.100000 > findfont: Matching > :family=STIXGeneral:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0 > to STIXGeneral (/usr/share/fonts/stix/STIXGeneral.otf) with score of > 0.000000 > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXSize1:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Matching > :family=STIXGeneral:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=bold:stretch=normal:size=12.0 > to STIXGeneral (/usr/share/fonts/stix/STIXGeneralBol.otf) with score of > 0.000000 > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXSize3:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXSize4:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXSize5:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXSize2:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Matching > :family=STIXGeneral:style=italic:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0 > to STIXGeneral (/usr/share/fonts/stix/STIXGeneralItalic.otf) with score of > 0.000000 > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXNonUnicode:style=italic:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXNonUnicode:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=STIXNonUnicode:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=bold:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=cmb10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=cmtt10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=cmmi10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=cmex10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=cmsy10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=cmr10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > findfont: Could not match > :family=cmss10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0. > Returning /usr/share/fonts/un-core/UnDotum.ttf > RendererAgg.draw_text > RendererAgg.draw_mathtext > >>>> > > > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. 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