Re: [Matplotlib-users] Getting Matplotlib to Recognize OSX Fonts

2009-10-03 Thread Michiel de Hoon
Dear Buz, You could try with the MacOSX native backend: >>> import matplotlib >>> matplotlib.use("MacOSX") >>> from pylab import * >>> text(0.2,0.2,"some text",fontname='Times-Roman') >>> text(0.2,0.7,"some other text",fontname='Helvetica') I'm not sure if the MacOSX native backend is included i

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Getting Matplotlib to Recognize OSX Fonts

2009-10-02 Thread Michael Droettboom
matplotlib should pick up your installed fonts on OS-X --- but matplotlib only supports TrueType (and some OpenType) fonts. It won't work with Type 1 fonts -- it that what those particular ones are? Are you not able to use any of your installed fonts, or only some of them? Cheers, Mike On 10