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[Bug]: Font weight is broken in the AGG backend for some fonts on Windows #27398

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@TiborGY

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@TiborGY

Bug summary

Bold text using the Bahnschrift font is rendered as normal weight on Windows using the AGG backend (which appears to be the default). Cairo works OK.

Code for reproduction

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.ticker as ticker

SMALL_SIZE = 10
MEDIUM_SIZE = 12
BIGGER_SIZE = 16

plt.rc('font', size=SMALL_SIZE)          # controls default text sizes
plt.rc('axes', titlesize=SMALL_SIZE)     # fontsize of the axes title
plt.rc('axes', labelsize=MEDIUM_SIZE)    # fontsize of the x and y labels
plt.rc('xtick', labelsize=SMALL_SIZE)    # fontsize of the tick labels
plt.rc('ytick', labelsize=SMALL_SIZE)    # fontsize of the tick labels
plt.rc('legend', fontsize=SMALL_SIZE)    # legend fontsize
plt.rc('figure', titlesize=BIGGER_SIZE)  # fontsize of the figure title
plt.rcParams['axes.linewidth'] = 1.5

def set_axis_style(ax, labels):
    ax.set_xticks(np.arange(1, len(labels) + 1), labels=labels, fontweight='bold', fontstretch='condensed', fontname='Bahnschrift')
    ax.set_xlabel('PES', fontweight='bold', fontstretch='condensed',fontname='Bahnschrift')
    ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(3))
    ax.set_ylim([-18.0,9.0])
    ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(1))
    ax.grid(visible=True, which='major', axis='y')

data = [
	[-16.60102571,-6.699822806,-14.62564481,7.456503834,4.016659607,7.210896854,1.804969856,0.467860939],
    [-17.32762431,-6.081446527,-14.87504614,8.068733361,6.162393395,5.727964021,2.63439223,1.278821509],
	[-10.35923985,-3.819050878,-9.664667008,5.082031256,3.879507143,5.145900878,0.234401452,-0.866473206],
    [-11.0059302,-3.560643243,-9.808961668,5.689461703,5.9734276,3.684341201,1.02932442,-0.060885493],
	[3.427329458,3.58409437,0.391482303,0.330079435,2.898602566,1.53808872,1.063593669,3.281844567,-0.075796436,0.25954612],
    [3.691012844,2.388512547,0.626317599,1.167470753,3.415479718,0.73615229,2.157193802,0.457135001,0.093632333,0.395061974],
	[1.834710076,2.068101436,0.438865565,0.98388445,1.693632724,0.239971571,1.67850917,-0.368657719,-0.221180384,0.150743242],
	[-0.350021341,-0.151871497,0.065295165,-0.107972774,-0.253106388,2.553227692,1.090027229,4.109293976,0.051641275,0.045709255],
	[-2.909762523,-1.321763299,0.285956032,0.627310784,-2.347696693,1.308652494,2.247634606,0.387280379,0.081192904,0.074938114],
	[1.426280957,-0.253391384,1.610038134,1.178748087,-1.883853498,3.30948195,-0.369635367,-0.158668355],
	[-0.673590433,-0.865603666,-0.182107106,0.356435843,-0.307266771,0.010776048,-0.052132211,0.196368734],
	[1.216522788,-0.389357266,1.176203029,1.21521229,-1.953162885,3.036492967,-0.741968769,-0.546354717],
	[-1.119479317,-2.353230497,-1.1,-1.1,-0.487929244,-0.498971093,-1.81732571,-0.846761305,-1.018986275,-1.023515653],
	[2.263427409,1.705632712,0.407670257,0.862491961,2.09552031,-0.018730139,1.602867776,-0.34663782,-0.074009823,0.160711069]
]

fig, ax1 = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=1, figsize=(15, 10))
ax1.set_ylabel('Deviation of optimized stationary point energy from benchmark (kcal/mol)', fontweight='bold', fontstretch='condensed', fontname='Bahnschrift')
parts1 = ax1.violinplot(data, bw_method=0.3, points=300, widths=0.9,showmeans=False, showmedians=False, showextrema=False,positions=np.arange(1, len(data) + 1))
ax1.boxplot(data,positions=np.arange(1, len(data) + 1))


labels = ['HF\n/DZ','HF\n/TZ','HF-D3(BJ)\n/DZ','HF-D3(BJ)\n/TZ','MP2\n/DZ','MP2\n/TZ','MP2-F12\n/DZ','CCSD\n/DZ','CCSD-F12b\n/DZ','CCSD(T)\n/DZ','CCSD(T)\n-F12b/DZ','OQVCCD(T)\n/DZ','OSC','MP2-F12\n/TZ']
set_axis_style(ax1, labels)
fig.savefig('bold_Cairo.png', transparent=False, dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight", backend='Cairo')
fig.savefig('bold_AGG.png', transparent=False, dpi=300, bbox_inches="tight", backend='AGG')

Actual outcome

Cairo
bold_Cairo
AGG
bold_AGG

Expected outcome

Non-default font weights (bold, etc.) should be rendered correctly by the AGG backend, it should be much closer to the Cairo output.

Additional information

For some other fonts, AGG renders bold correctly. This issue is not just a problem for PNG output, the default interactive backend also appears to be AGG on Windows, and the same issue can be observed.

Operating system

Windows 10

Matplotlib Version

matplotlib: 3.8.2

Matplotlib Backend

QtAgg

Python version

Python 3.9.13

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No response

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pip

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