@@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ def __init__(self, default_font_prop: FontProperties, load_glyph_flags: LoadFlag
 
     _slanted_symbols = set(r"\int \oint".split())
 
+    def _get_font(self, font: str | int) -> FT2Font:
+        # work around, since we only populate 'mathfont' in the fontmap
+        if not font in ('default', 'general'):
+            font = 'mathfont'
+
+        return super()._get_font(font)
+
     def _get_glyph(self, fontname: str, font_class: str,
                    sym: str) -> tuple[FT2Font, int, bool]:
         # `fontname' is one of rm cal it tt sf bf bfit default bb frak scr regular