Make weighting by position in the list less magical

mdboom · mdboom · commit d129186c880c · 2013-05-15T12:38:40.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
@@ -1066,9 +1066,12 @@ def score_family(self, families, family2):
                 options = [x.lower() for x in options]
                 if family2 in options:
                     idx = options.index(family2)
-                    return 0.1 * ((float(idx) / len(options)) + float(i))
+                    return ((0.1 * (float(idx) / len(options))) *
+                            (float(i) / float(len(families))))
             elif family1 == family2:
-                return 0.1 * float(i)
+                # The score should be weighted by where in the
+                # list the font was found.
+                return float(i) / float(len(families))
         return 1.0
 
     def score_style(self, style1, style2):
