dviread bug with TeX Live 2010 #42
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Reported by Pål Gunnar Ellingsen at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general/26638
A similar-looking problem: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user/32231
Somehow dviread.PsfontsMap doesn't find cmr12 in pdftex.map, even though that's one of the really core TeX fonts that every reasonable TeX installation will have.
Branch jkseppan/dviread-bug has some extra debugging output calls at level debug-annoying.
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jkseppan commented on Mar 13, 2011
The file actually lacked cm fonts. It doesn't crash pdftex, because it can output a bitmap Type-3 rendering of the pk font, but that's clearly suboptimal. I'd classify this as a TeX packaging bug.
To fix, try sudo updmap-sys --enable MixedMap=cm.map.
Merge pull request matplotlib#42 from fariza/report-final