On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Tony S Yu <tsy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Jeremy Conlin wrote: > >> I have trouble getting any symbols or any super/sub scripts to work >> since I upgraded to 1.0 a few months ago. I always get a message >> saying that some font isn't found. This occurs whenever I try to put >> symbols, superscripts, or subscripts in a label, or when I use a log >> scale (because then it MPL has to use superscripts). I have tried >> changing my matplotlibrc file but haven't found any combination of >> settings that help. >> >> To illustrate the problem, I have included three files, one python >> file and the other the error as captured from the output as well as my >> matplotlibrc file. The python file is trivial: >> >> # ------------------------------------------------- >> import matplotlib.pyplot as pyplot >> >> pyplot.plot([1,2,3], label='$\alpha > \beta$') >> >> pyplot.legend() >> pyplot.show() >> # ------------------------------------------------- >> >> Can someone please help me figure out what is wrong? I'm on a Mac >> running 10.6, python 2.6, matplotlib 1.0, and I have TeX installed. >> > Works on my system if you use a raw string (note ``r`` before string): > >>>> pyplot.plot([1,2,3], label=r'$\alpha > \beta$') > > Does that fix your problem?
Unfortunately, no. When I use a raw string, I just get "*a@" instead of the expected result. See attached figure for proof. I still get a long list of errors of fonts not being found. Jeremy
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