Re: [Matplotlib-users] font setting in matplotlib 1.3.1

2014-01-27 Thread Vlastimil Brom
Many thanks for the fix as well as for the info! I didn't know, there are built in fonts like this in matplotlib; this would explain the issue - the character support of Bitstream Vera Sans is indeed rather limited; morover the special "defaulting" status of this font hopefully means, that this sho

Re: [Matplotlib-users] font setting in matplotlib 1.3.1

2014-01-27 Thread Michael Droettboom
Thanks for the report. Indeed, you are correct in that the root of this problem is that "Bitstream Vera Sans" does not contain these characters, yet it is being selected erroneously. It does appear that there is a bug in the font selection algorithm, that "Bitstream Vera Sans" gets selected

Re: [Matplotlib-users] font setting in matplotlib 1.3.1

2014-01-27 Thread Phil Elson
Thanks for this Vlastimil, looks like there is either a subtlety beyond my font knowledge or a bug here - mdboom, did you have any ideas? Otherwise I think we need a github issue for this. Cheers, On 4 January 2014 19:37, Vlastimil Brom wrote: > Hi all, > after upgrading to matplotlib 1.3.1, I

[Matplotlib-users] font setting in matplotlib 1.3.1

2014-01-04 Thread Vlastimil Brom
Hi all, after upgrading to matplotlib 1.3.1, I noticed some display errors on the plots with regard to accented characters (such as carons etc.). As I recall, I had similar problem in the past and could work around them by modifying rcParams, however, this fix doesn't work as expected in 1.3.1. (wi