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Matplotlib unicode(Greek) letters
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Sorry, I could not help myself. Can't answer your question, but it would be a little strange if it was not possible given so much mathematics are Greek.
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Actually it is possible to print Greek letters for math expressions by using r'$\Delta$' for Δ for example but i want to use free Greek text like u'Ψωμί'.
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I have not tried it, but you might try:
matplotlib.rcParams['text.usetex'] = True matplotlib.rcParams['text.latex.unicode'] = TrueYou could also try setting usetex to false.
I don't know if the backend that comes with pythonista supports unicode or not.
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The matplotlib Unicode demo works out of the box with accents, umlauts, etc. but those pesky Greek characters just appear as squares.
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@ccc Greek. Typo there. Try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13338550/typing-greek-letters-etc-in-python-plots
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I fixed the typo. I had already looked at that stack overflow page but I still could not get it to work.
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The following may work:
matplotlib.pyplot.rc('font', family='arial')
How can I find the fonts supported by iPad?
Arial does not work on ipad but I managed to print Greek letters on Windows this way. -
@miou1974 There has been past discussion on this, search the forum for "font". Also, iosfonts.com
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How can I find the fonts supported by iPad?
Open a Pythonista editor can click inside that editor so the insertion cursor is flashing in the text. In the upper left, click on the +-inside-a-box icon. Click "Fonts" at the bottom and scroll thru the fonts. Arial is there but does not do what you want :-( Maybe Symbol or Zapf Dingbats, etc.
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The following worked for me
matplotlib.pyplot.rc('font', family='STIXGeneral')
