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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Wrong symbols from a TrueType font","articleBody":"When I figured out that OpenType fonts wouldn't work, I found LucidaBrightRegular.ttf in Java and tried to use it with\n\n```\nmatplotlib.rcParams['font.family'] = 'Lucida Bright'\nplt.title('abc [def](ghi)')\n```\n\n(I actually need this for something like plt.xlabel('length [cm]').)\n\nBut this is what I get in PDF, the closing parenthesis are rotated and displaced (or maybe the wrong symbol is used):\n\n![wrong_symbols](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/15606/2340037/377b99f8-a4bd-11e3-9365-414a748652e6.png)\n\nwhile PNG and native GUI on Mac OS X work fine. I'm using the latest matplotlib (9fea4307af) with Python 3.3.\n\nRelated issue: #2869\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mojca","@type":"Person","name":"mojca"},"datePublished":"2014-03-05T23:27:45.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/2870/matplotlib/issues/2870"}