hi all,
I am not sure if I have helvetica installed as a TTF -- how can i install it
if i don't?
i followed the debug suggestion and here are the results. when i set the
font to arial, using:
from matplotlib import rc
rc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['Helvetica']})
then the relevant output i get using --verbose-debug is:
matplotlib version 0.98.5.2
Using fontManager instance from /Users/perf/.matplotlib/fontList.cache
backend pdf version unknown
findfont: Matching
:family=sans-serif:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=medium
to Arial (/Library/Fonts/Arial.ttf) with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXGeneral:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXGeneral
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXGeneral.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXNonUnicode:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=bold:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXNonUnicode
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXNonUniBol.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXGeneral:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=bold:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXGeneral
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXGeneralBol.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize3:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize3
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz3Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize4:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize4
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz4Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize5:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize5
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz5Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize1:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize1
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz1Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize2:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize2
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz2Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXGeneral:style=italic:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXGeneral
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXGeneralItalic.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXNonUnicode:style=italic:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXNonUnicode
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXNonUniIta.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXNonUnicode:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXNonUnicode
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXNonUni.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmb10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmb10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmb10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmtt10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmtt10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmtt10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmmi10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmmi10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmmi10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmex10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmex10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmex10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmsy10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmsy10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmsy10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmr10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmr10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmr10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmss10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmss10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmss10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
with the same line but this time setting the font to 'Helvetica', I get:
matplotlib version 0.98.5.2
Using fontManager instance from /Users/perf/.matplotlib/fontList.cache
backend pdf version unknown
findfont: Could not match
:family=sans-serif:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=medium.
Returning
/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/Vera.ttf
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXGeneral:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXGeneral
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXGeneral.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXNonUnicode:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=bold:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXNonUnicode
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXNonUniBol.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXGeneral:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=bold:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXGeneral
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXGeneralBol.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize3:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize3
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz3Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize4:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize4
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz4Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize5:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize5
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz5Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize1:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize1
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz1Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXSize2:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXSize2
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXSiz2Sym.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXGeneral:style=italic:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXGeneral
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXGeneralItalic.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXNonUnicode:style=italic:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXNonUnicode
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXNonUniIta.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=STIXNonUnicode:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to STIXNonUnicode
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/STIXNonUni.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmb10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmb10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmb10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmtt10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmtt10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmtt10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmmi10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmmi10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmmi10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmex10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmex10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmex10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmsy10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmsy10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmsy10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmr10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmr10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmr10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
findfont: Matching
:family=cmss10:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=12.0
to cmss10
(/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/cmss10.ttf)
with score of 0.000000
any idea what might be wrong here?
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> wrote:
> Are you certain you have Helvetica installed as a TrueType font? If you
> don't, the only way to get the Postscript Helvetica is to set "ps.useafm" to
> True.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> per freem wrote:
>
>> I just wanted to add: if i simply set the font to Arial, using
>>
>> rc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['Arial']})
>>
>> then it works. But the same call with Helvetica still defaults to that
>> Bitstream/default font of matplotlib. any idea why this might be? could
>> matplotlib be confusing helvetica with bitstream?
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM, per freem <perfr...@gmail.com <mailto:
>> perfr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> i am trying to use the Helvetica font on matplotlib. i am using
>> mac os x (so i definitely have helvetica installed) with version
>> 0.98.5.2 of matplotlib. my code is:
>>
>> from scipy import *
>> import matplotlib
>> matplotlib.use('PDF')
>> from matplotlib import rc
>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>> rc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['Helvetica']})
>> plt.hist(rand(100))
>> xlabel(r"My x axis $\alpha$")
>> ylabel(r"My y axis $\beta$")
>>
>> i verified that plt.rcParams gets modified to use 'Helvetica' as
>> the value for font.family, etc. but i still get the default font
>> used in all of these figures. i tried using the PS backend using
>> matplotlib.use('PS') but the problem persists. i am interested in
>> getting out PDFs that use helvetica everywhere.
>>
>> does anyone know how to fix this? thank you.
>>
>>
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