Can't import pylab after1.4.x update: TypeError: cannot return std::string from Unicode object

[alumbreras]

After updating my python packages with conda, I can't import pylab:

(OS: Windows 7 Enterprise)

Python 2.7.5 |Anaconda 2.1.0 (64-bit)| (default, Jul 1 2013, 12:37:52) [MSC v.1
500 64 bit (AMD64)]
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IPython 2.2.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.

from matplotlib import pylab

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TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
in ()
---> 1 from matplotlib import pylab

C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\textpath.py in ()
17 from matplotlib.path import Path
18 from matplotlib import rcParams
---> 19 import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
20 from matplotlib.ft2font import FT2Font, KERNING_DEFAULT, LOAD_NO_HINTING

[...more traces...]

C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py in _rebuild()
1395 def _rebuild():
1396 global fontManager
-> 1397 fontManager = FontManager()
1398 if _fmcache:
1399 pickle_dump(fontManager, _fmcache)

C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py in init(self, size,
weight)
1050 self.defaultFont['ttf'] = self.ttffiles[0]
1051
-> 1052 self.ttflist = createFontList(self.ttffiles)
1053
1054 self.afmfiles = findSystemFonts(paths, fontext='afm') + \

C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\font_manager.py in createFontList(fontf
iles, fontext)
577 else:
578 try:
--> 579 font = ft2font.FT2Font(fpath)
580 except RuntimeError:
581 verbose.report("Could not open font file %s"%fpath)

TypeError: cannot return std::string from Unicode object

[alumbreras]

Uninstalled and installed Anacoda (probably with some packages less than before) and it works fine.