Re: [Matplotlib-users] =?iso-8859-1?q?using_different_font_families?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=09with=3FLaT

On Monday 14 May 2007 9:02:08 am Lev Givon wrote:
> Received from Darren Dale on Sun, May 13, 2007 at 08:13:43PM EDT:
> > On Sunday 13 May 2007 6:32:56 pm Lev Givon wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
> > > Ah..I see what was going on; the numerical ticks are output in LaTeX
> > > math mode (e.g., $123$) and therefore rendered in CM if the specified
> > > fonts do not provide any math fonts. Is there a way to use LaTeX font
> > > packages such as euler, ccfonts, and cmbright?
> >
> > Not at present, no.
>
> In the matplotlib-users list archive, I noticed that someone once
> mooted the possibility of patching the matplotlib LaTeX code to
> provide a user-configurable parameter that would allow one to add
> extra lines to the LaTeX preamble. I didn't see any responses from the
> matplotlib developers regarding their opinions of the suggested patch,
> however.

I am not in favor of adding a parameter that allows users to add additional 
lines to the preamble. It took a lot of work to get usetex working on all 
platforms, and I just don't have the kind of time anymore to add an option 
that will allow endless configuration of latex parameters. It's not the 
implementation of the patch that is the problem, it is all the support 
requests that will follow from latex-specific failures related to customized 
preamble settings.

Darren