You might need to delete the font cache (usually in ~/.matplotlib). Fonts
installed after matplotlib is first used are often never recognized.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 3:50 PM, xkryptor <xkryp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Even I have the same problem. The fonts are installed on my system, but
> matplotlib does not load them.
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Arnaldo Russo <arnaldoru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have Arial font installed in my system:
>>
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arialbi.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Bold.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arial.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ariali.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/arialbd.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Italic.ttf
>> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Black.ttf
>> /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/arial.ttf
>> /usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/urw/arial
>> /usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/afm/urw/arial
>> /usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf/urw/arial
>> /usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/type1/urw/arial
>>
>> I have changed inside my matplotlibrc including the line:
>>
>> font.sans-serif : Arial
>>
>> If I check inside IPython:
>>
>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>> plt.plot([1,2,3,4,5,], '*')
>> t = plt.ylabel(r'1, 2, 3, 8, 9 6 11 Testing Label')
>> print(t.get_fontname())
>>
>> The output is:
>>
>> myhome/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.4.2-py2.7-linux-
>> x86_64.egg/matplotlib/font_manager.py:1279: UserWarning: findfont:
>> Font
>> family [u'sans-serif'] not found. Falling back to Bitstream Vera Sans
>> (prop.get_family(), self.defaultFamily[fontext]))
>>
>> Bitstream Vera Sans
>>
>> How can I change this behavior and use Arial fonts for all of my plots?
>> Why Arial font is not loaded?
>>
>> It is interesting, that if I use Seaborn, it returns `Liberation Sans`
>> where the first font (inside internal font list) is Arial and the second is
>> `Liberation Sans`.
>>
>> I have also tried to set the full path of my Arial font:
>>
>> import matplotlib as mpl
>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>> import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
>> import seaborn as sns
>>
>> path = '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial.ttf'
>> prop = font_manager.FontProperties(fname=path)
>> mpl.rcParams['font.family'] = prop.get_name()
>>
>>
>> sns.set_style("whitegrid")
>> plt.plot([1,2,3,4,5,], '*')
>> t = plt.ylabel(r'1, 2, 3, 8, 9 6 11 Testing Label')
>> print(t.get_fontname())
>>
>> It returns `Liberation Sans`. Any clues? (aka http://goo.gl/V511ux) =]
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Arnaldo.
>>
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