John Wiggins

Ahh... that's the level of detail we needed. Here's the relevant C++ code: https://github.com/enthought/enable/blob/ccb76800a11f1d0d2f6618bbf6a6498839ed62cb/kiva/agg/src/kiva_graphics_context.h#L862-L917 Yes, there is an `else` clause where an exception is thrown, but _I don't think that's...

This works with `kiva.celiagg`. #414 will close this.

I had _exactly_ the same thought. We should definitely do that.

GitHub doesn't directly provide an action which can open new PRs, so we would need to roll it ourselves or audit one of the already available actions (and then pin...

Installing `celiagg` via `pip` is failing, so the all the "Test with pip" jobs will currently fail.

See celiagg/celiagg#128

That's correct. The 6.0.0 release on PyPI does not currently supply Apple Silicon-compatible wheels, only Intel-compatible wheels.

As with OpenGL, we could probably ditch the Cairo backend without anybody noticing...

Is this a draft because there's no machinery to run this as an automated test?

OK, but the font manager itself is a hidden implementation detail. The public interface is the `Font` class. Are you saying we shouldn't provide a new function with a nice...