BUG : fix str vs bytes issue in py3 in ps backend

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 181ce577b6b3 · 2014-09-10T09:26:13.000-04:00
de-code the encoded ascii string so that it is a string, not bytes, when it gets passed to the format function. Having the b'' from the bytes string appear in the eps file breaks the file. closes #3494
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ def draw_text(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle, ismath=False, mtext=None):
             except KeyError:
                 ps_name = sfnt[(3,1,0x0409,6)].decode(
                     'utf-16be')
-            ps_name = ps_name.encode('ascii', 'replace')
+            ps_name = ps_name.encode('ascii', 'replace').decode('ascii')
             self.set_font(ps_name, prop.get_size_in_points())
 
             cmap = font.get_charmap()
