>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Dale <dd...@co...> writes: Darren> How does matplotlib render glyphs, does it use freetype? Darren> Would matplotlib be able to render tex's fonts with the Darren> existing codebase, or would I have to delve into metafont? Yep, it uses freetype and no, we don't have any facility to render tex fonts. I think the dvi parsing project would be a very nice addition, but not a trivial task. The tex file formats are pretty arcane: Knuth is fond of using bytecode in his data files, so you would have to write a bytecode engine. Robert Kern did this on a rainy afternoon for the tfm files, so you could use that as an example http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=9894596 JDH