font_manager.py: added /usr/local/share/fonts to list of X11 font directories

ddale · ddale · commit 2d59dd1b5791 · 2006-08-28T13:22:36.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=2714
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-08-28 font_manager.py: Added /usr/local/share/fonts to list of
+           X11 font directories - DSD 
+
 2006-08-28 mahtext2.py: Initial support for complex fractions. Also,
            rendering is now completely separated from parsing. The
            sub/superscripts now work better.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@
     r'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fonts']
 
 X11FontDirectories  = [
-    # what seems to be the standard installation point
+    # an old standard installation point
     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/",
-    # documented as a good place to install new fonts...
+    # here is the new standard location for fonts
     "/usr/share/fonts/",
+    # documented as a good place to install new fonts
+    "/usr/local/share/fonts/",
     # common application, not really useful
     "/usr/lib/openoffice/share/fonts/truetype/",
     ]
