Steve Holden wrote: > Alternatively use the Python Imaging Library (PIL), which I believe > includes freetype support.
The OP seems to be trying to build matplotlib, which actually does require the FreeType library. The PIL, lovely though it is, is not a substitute. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
