read cached afm files as bytes

zblz · zblz · commit c766846f3bc5 · 2016-08-03T23:28:06.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mathtext.py b/lib/matplotlib/mathtext.py
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ def _get_font(self, font):
         cached_font = self.fonts.get(basename)
         if cached_font is None:
             fname = os.path.join(self.basepath, basename + ".afm")
-            with open(fname, 'r') as fd:
+            with open(fname, 'rb') as fd:
                 cached_font = AFM(fd)
             cached_font.fname = fname
             self.fonts[basename] = cached_font
