You are welcome, glad to help. On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Benoit Gaillard <benoit.gaill...@univ-tlse2.fr> wrote: > Thank you very much it all works fine now, > > I downloaded and installed the font in > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/ttf-wqy-zenhei/ttf-wqy-zenhei_0.5.23.orig.tar.gz, > as you advised. Then i deleted the fontList.cache de matplotlib to force its > updating, and ran the script with """ fontname="WenQuanYi Zen Hei" """ > > I can now display the characters and save the plots as pdf. > > Thanks a lot for you wise help, i learned a lot. > > Benoit > > > Quoting sunqiang <sunqi...@gmail.com>: > >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Benoit Gaillard >> <benoit.gaill...@univ-tlse2.fr> wrote: >>> >>> Actually, i must apologize >>> >>> By calling fonts by their real name eg: "WenQuanYi Zen Hei" (instead of >>> wqy-microhei, their file name), i can display them. So no worries for >>> issue >>> 2. However, I do not manage to export the png to pdf or eps due to the >>> following error: >>> >>> "TrueType font is missing table" >>> >>> Is that due to my changing the font name from *.ttc to *.ttf? >> >> the "c" in ".ttc" means "Container", wqy-*.ttc includes more than one ttf. >> so, maybe just rename *.ttc to *.ttf is not enough. >> I guess, You can find some font tools to extract ttf from ttc, or >> install another Chinese font provided by your operation system. or >> just download the ttf version from >> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/ttf-wqy-zenhei (directly: >> >> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/ttf-wqy-zenhei/ttf-wqy-zenhei_0.5.23.orig.tar.gz) >> I don't know font enough, so I didn't test the first method. I only >> test the last method. >> after download the font into my Window machine. it can display Chinese >> with "'WenQuanYi Zen Hei'" and save figure to png and pdf.(ps, eps >> doesn't work, even without a error log"). >> (my Linux machine(Ubuntu Hardy 8.04) can display Chinese and save >> figure to png, pdf, ps, eps correctly already.) >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> benoit >>> >>> >>> Quoting Benoit Gaillard <benoit.gaill...@univ-tlse2.fr>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> When looking in my fontFile.cache, i did not find any of >>>> '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-zenhei.ttf', >>>> '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-microhei.ttf' or simhei. this is why >>>> i could not display the characters. >>>> >>>> I deleted the cache and re-lounched my script, so that mpl had to look >>>> for the fonts and update the cache. It added the simhei fonts to the >>>> list. I can now display chinese characters with the simhei font. >>>> >>>> I ran into 2 more issues: >>>> - Simhei "has no glyph names", which prevents me from exporting into pdf >>>> - I do not manage to make mpl take into account microhei and zenhei, >>>> whereas i have them in >>>> '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-microhei.ttc'. I changed their name >>>> to '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-microhei.ttf', and now mpl finds >>>> them. However they fail to display chinese characters >>>> >>>> So, thank you for your help, i managed to display chinese characters >>>> but there are still some issues. Do you have any idea? >>>> >>>> Benoit >>>> >>>> >>>> Quoting sunqiang <sunqi...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> oh, only test it on Windows yet. both "sim hei"and "microsoft yahei" >>>>> are fontname on Windows Platform. >>>>> maybe just copy "Sim Hei" to font directory is not enough? no clue >>>>> here. >>>>> >>>>> I just test the script on Linux (Ubuntu 8.04, Python 2.5, matplotlib >>>>> 0.98.4) with the follow steps: >>>>> 1, find the configure directory of matplotlib >>>>> import matplotlib as mpl >>>>> mpl.get_configdir() >>>>> >>>>> return "~/.matplotlib" >>>>> 2, in the configure directory, there is a file "fontList.cache" >>>>> I find this >>>>> (dp294 >>>>> ... >>>>> S'WenQuanYi Zen Hei' >>>>> ... >>>>> S'/usr/share/fonts/truetype/wqy/wqy-zenhei.ttf' >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> I just know WenQuanYi is a "Chinese font" >>>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/ttf-wqy-zenhei >>>>> 3, replace "Sim Hei" in your original script with "WenQuanYi Zen Hei", >>>>> now it can display Chinese. >>>>> both methods still work(embed fontname argument, or set >>>>> mpl.rcParams['font.sans-serif']) >>>>> >>>>> maybe you can find a font that support Chinese character on your >>>>> platform with these steps and try again? >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Benoit Gaillard >>>>> <benoit.gaill...@univ-tlse2.fr> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you for your help, >>>>>> >>>>>> but it does not seem to work. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have downloaded simhei fonts and added it in my directory >>>>>> /usr/shared/fonts/truetype but even by using >>>>>> """fontname="simhei" """, >>>>>> or: >>>>>> """mpl.rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['SimHei'] >>>>>> mpl.rcParams['axes.unicode_minus'] = False """ >>>>>> >>>>>> i still display empty boxes instead of chinese characters. >>>>>> >>>>>> It is worth noting that these chinese characters print well on the >>>>>> console >>>>>> if i add the line: >>>>>> """for ytic in ytics: >>>>>> print ytic""" >>>>>> >>>>>> Unfortunately, apart from copying lines of code, i cannot do much with >>>>>> the >>>>>> blog you mention, as i don't understand what is written in it. >>>>>> >>>>>> @Mike: "monospace" family is one that enables me to display accents of >>>>>> french words, for the xticks. "fantasy" family was the last family i >>>>>> tried >>>>>> for the chinese labels, but to no success. >>>>>> >>>>>> So, has anyone managed to do it? Is there something i am missing?, >>>>>> >>>>>> regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Benoit. >>>>>> >>>>>> Quoting sunqiang <sunqi...@gmail.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> maybe change the line >>>>>>> """axim.set_yticklabels(ytics,fontsize=15,family='fantasy')""" to >>>>>>> """axim.set_yticklabels(ytics,fontsize=15, fontname= "simsun (founder >>>>>>> extended)")""" >>>>>>> (or replace fontname with "simhei" or "microsoft yahei") is enough. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> or, put these two lines: >>>>>>> mpl.rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['SimHei'] >>>>>>> mpl.rcParams['axes.unicode_minus'] = False >>>>>>> >>>>>>> there is a Chinese blog (not mine) maybe worth reading: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://hi.baidu.com/lijiangshui/blog/item/a0aad703cd65ee7e3812bb49.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> hope this help >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Benoit Gaillard >>>>>>> <benoit.gaill...@univ-tlse2.fr> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How can one display Mandarin labels in a plot, as yticks_labels for >>>>>>>> example? >>>>>>>> It looks to me that there is no font in matplotlib that can display >>>>>>>> Chinese >>>>>>>> characters? I can display accentuation from 'utf8' but i could not >>>>>>>> find a >>>>>>>> font family that would display Chinese characters. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here is an example of plot that displays empty boxes instead of >>>>>>>> Chinese >>>>>>>> characters. In comments you can see various failed attempts: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> import matplotlib as mpl >>>>>>>> from matplotlib import cm >>>>>>>> from matplotlib import rc >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> #rc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['SimHei','Arial']}) >>>>>>>> #mpl.rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['SimHei','Arial'] >>>>>>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> matrix=[[skey+tkey for skey in [1,2]] for tkey in [1,2]] >>>>>>>> fig = plt.figure() >>>>>>>> axim = fig.add_subplot(111) >>>>>>>> #ytics: caractères chinois en utf8 >>>>>>>> ytics=['\xe6\x8a\xb1'.decode('utf8'),'\xe6\x93\x81'.decode('utf8')] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> xtics=['d\xc3\xa9bo\xc3\xaeter'.decode('utf8'),'diviser'.decode('utf8')] >>>>>>>> axim.imshow(matrix, cmap=cm.jet, >>>>>>>> interpolation='nearest',origin='lower') >>>>>>>> axim.set_xticks(range(2)) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> axim.set_xticklabels(xtics,fontsize=15,rotation=25,ha='right',family='monospace') >>>>>>>> axim.set_yticks(range(2)) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> axim.set_yticklabels(ytics,fontsize=15,family='fantasy')#,fontname='AR >>>>>>>> PL >>>>>>>> ungtiL GB') >>>>>>>> plt.show() >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thank you for your help, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Benoit >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How can one display mandarin labels in a plot, as yticks_labels for >>>>>>>> example? >>>>>>>> It looks to me that there is no font in matplotlib that can display >>>>>>>> chinese >>>>>>>> characters? I can display accentuation from 'utf8' but i could not >>>>>>>> find a >>>>>>>> font family that would display chinese characters. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here is an example of plot that displays empty boxes instead of >>>>>>>> chinese >>>>>>>> characters. In comment you can see various failed attempts: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> import matplotlib as mpl >>>>>>>> from matplotlib import cm >>>>>>>> from matplotlib import rc >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> #rc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['SimHei','Arial']}) >>>>>>>> #mpl.rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['SimHei','Arial'] >>>>>>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> matrix=[[skey+tkey for skey in [1,2]] for tkey in [1,2]] >>>>>>>> fig = plt.figure() >>>>>>>> axim = fig.add_subplot(111) >>>>>>>> #ytics: caractères chinois en utf8 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ytics=['\xe6\x8a\xb1'.decode('utf8'),'\xe6\x93\x81'.decode('utf8')] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> xtics=['d\xc3\xa9bo\xc3\xaeter'.decode('utf8'),'diviser'.decode('utf8')] >>>>>>>> axim.imshow(matrix, cmap=cm.jet, interpolation='nearest', >>>>>>>> origin='lower') >>>>>>>> axim.set_xticks(range(2)) >>>>>>>> axim.set_xticklabels(xtics, >>>>>>>> fontsize=15,rotation=25,ha='right',family='monospace') >>>>>>>> axim.set_yticks(range(2)) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> axim.set_yticklabels(ytics,fontsize=15,family='fantasy')#,fontname='AR >>>>>>>> PL SungtiL GB') >>>>>>>> plt.show() >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thank you for your help, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Benoit >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>> Beautiful is writing same markup. 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