hello, I have written a program which uses matplotlib to plot some figures, it uses mathtext to add some special chars (basically just the square on acceleration units), and the program works just fine, but using py2exe to build a windows executable, it fails somewhere drawing that square symbol. The error the program yields is something like "unable to convert string to unicode". Has anyone experienced this kind of problem with mathtext and py2exe or has any clue what is needed to be included at the py2exe setup.py to fix it? I know this is not the best place for an answer, but I couldn't find where to get help on py2exe site :-/ so if anyone could help... Thanks a lot. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/mathtext-and-py2exe-tp23319691p23319691.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
It sounds like it is not finding the appropriate fonts. Have you tried installing (in C:\Windows\Fonts) all of the ttf files included with matplotlib? If that's not it, can you provide a complete traceback with the exact error message? Mike sordnay wrote: > hello, > I have written a program which uses matplotlib to plot some figures, it uses > mathtext to add some special chars (basically just the square on > acceleration units), and the program works just fine, but using py2exe to > build a windows executable, it fails somewhere drawing that square symbol. > The error the program yields is something like "unable to convert string to > unicode". > Has anyone experienced this kind of problem with mathtext and py2exe or has > any clue what is needed to be included at the py2exe setup.py to fix it? > I know this is not the best place for an answer, but I couldn't find where > to get help on py2exe site :-/ so if anyone could help... > Thanks a lot. > > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA
Thanks for the quick answer, I cant check now, it's also the reason why i didn't post the exact error code, but the program is supposed to use only Tahoma ttf font which I included on the data files. Michael Droettboom-3 wrote: > > It sounds like it is not finding the appropriate fonts. Have you tried > installing (in C:\Windows\Fonts) all of the ttf files included with > matplotlib? > > If that's not it, can you provide a complete traceback with the exact > error message? > > Mike > > -- > Michael Droettboom > Science Software Branch > Operations and Engineering Division > Space Telescope Science Institute > Operated by AURA for NASA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations > Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of > expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry > leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf > and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Mat...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/mathtext-and-py2exe-tp23319691p23320374.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
The mathtext engine (by default at least) uses the Computer Modern fonts. Using a custom font, such as Tahoma, requires manual configuration. Mike sordnay wrote: > Thanks for the quick answer, > I cant check now, it's also the reason why i didn't post the exact error > code, > but the program is supposed to use only Tahoma ttf font which I included on > the data files. > > > Michael Droettboom-3 wrote: > >> It sounds like it is not finding the appropriate fonts. Have you tried >> installing (in C:\Windows\Fonts) all of the ttf files included with >> matplotlib? >> >> If that's not it, can you provide a complete traceback with the exact >> error message? >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> Michael Droettboom >> Science Software Branch >> Operations and Engineering Division >> Space Telescope Science Institute >> Operated by AURA for NASA >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations >> Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of >> expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry >> leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf >> and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-users mailing list >> Mat...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >> >> >> > > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA
Hi, Could you send your setup. I'm not expert but I can check it. /olivier -----Original Message----- From: sordnay [mailto:so...@gm...] Sent: jeudi 30 avril 2009 18:23 To: mat...@li... Subject: [Matplotlib-users] mathtext and py2exe hello, I have written a program which uses matplotlib to plot some figures, it uses mathtext to add some special chars (basically just the square on acceleration units), and the program works just fine, but using py2exe to build a windows executable, it fails somewhere drawing that square symbol. The error the program yields is something like "unable to convert string to unicode". Has anyone experienced this kind of problem with mathtext and py2exe or has any clue what is needed to be included at the py2exe setup.py to fix it? I know this is not the best place for an answer, but I couldn't find where to get help on py2exe site :-/ so if anyone could help... Thanks a lot. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/mathtext-and-py2exe-tp23319691p23319691.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Mat...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users