Re: [matplotlib-devel] cannot use some fonts on pdf, ps, eps backends

"Andrew Hawryluk" <HA...@no...> writes:

> When I use Arial Unicode MS within matplotlib, it cannot save to any
> PostScript-based formats (pdf, eps, ps). Apparently, the font has no
> glyph names:
[...]
>     glyph_name = font.get_glyph_name(gind)
> RuntimeError: Face has no glyph names
[...]
> I know that these fonts can be included in PDFs, because I can do it
> in other programs.

What version of Freetype do you have - does updating it help? The check
for glyph names is just a call to a Freetype macro:

  if (!FT_HAS_GLYPH_NAMES(face))
    throw Py::RuntimeError("Face has no glyph names");

Does it help if you set ps.fonttype and pdf.fonttype to 42 in
matplotlibrc? If not, could you send me (off-list) a sample of a PDF
file produced by another program using the font, preferably one that
displays the exact same string that causes this problem with matplotlib?

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