Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to use full path of font inside matplotlibrc - Arial not loading

[xkryptor <xkr...@gm...>]

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 <arn...@gm...>
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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