Re: [Matplotlib-users] small bugfix in font_manager.py

2010-11-29 Thread Michael Droettboom
On 11/29/2010 10:52 AM, Daniel Hyams wrote: Just out of curiosity, is anyone using the fontconfig way of mapping fonts? I turned it on one day, but the immediate problem was that no mathtext worked any more; so I turned it back off. Any mathtext in titles, labels, etc. just rendered as a much

Re: [Matplotlib-users] small bugfix in font_manager.py

2010-11-29 Thread Daniel Hyams
Just out of curiosity, is anyone using the fontconfig way of mapping fonts? I turned it on one day, but the immediate problem was that no mathtext worked any more; so I turned it back off. Any mathtext in titles, labels, etc. just rendered as a much of seemingly random letters. And I'll tack a s

Re: [Matplotlib-users] small bugfix in font_manager.py

2010-11-29 Thread Michael Droettboom
The fontManager is essentially a replacement for what fontconfig provides on many platforms -- so it's intended that the fontManager doesn't exist if the user opts to use fontconfig. However, that's still an "experimental" option because it hasn't been formally tested on many platforms, and, a

Re: [Matplotlib-users] small bugfix in font_manager.py

2010-11-25 Thread Benjamin Root
On Wednesday, November 24, 2010, Daniel Hyams wrote: > MPL 1.0.0, OSX > If USE_FONTCONFIG is turned on, the function > FontProperties.get_size_in_points will sometimes fail, because it is wanting > to use "fontManager", which is still 'None' if USE_FONTCONFIG is on.  I'm not > sure if it's the