explain why web docs use carlito

story645 · web-flow · commit 6d2d934bb901 · 2026-03-25T22:04:18.000-04:00
explain why the web docs are using the fallback, mostly to demystify why we're showing an example that is displaying an error like message.
diff --git a/galleries/examples/misc/logos2.py b/galleries/examples/misc/logos2.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def get_font_properties():
     if 'calibri' in matplotlib.font_manager.findfont('Calibri:bold').lower():
         return matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties(family='Calibri',
                                                       weight='bold')
+    # Our website documentation uses Carlito because Calibri is proprietary.
     if 'carlito' in matplotlib.font_manager.findfont('Carlito:bold').lower():
         print('Original font not found. Falling back to Carlito. '
               'The logo text will not be in the correct font.')
