diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 50f752a2e47d..90d522e92e89 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ environment:
   global:
     PYTHONIOENCODING: UTF-8
     PYTEST_ARGS: -raR --numprocesses=auto --timeout=300 --durations=25
-                 --cov-report= --cov=lib -m "not network"
+                 --cov-report= --cov=lib -m "not network" --log-level=DEBUG
 
   matrix:
     # theoretically the CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN could be only two: one for 32bit,
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c3aa84fea282..80519a7b6710 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ env:
     - NPROC=2
     - OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1
     - PYTHONFAULTHANDLER=1
-    - PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-raR --maxfail=50 --timeout=300 --durations=25 --cov-report= --cov=lib -n $NPROC"
+    - PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-raR --maxfail=50 --timeout=300 --durations=25 --cov-report= --cov=lib -n $NPROC --log-level=DEBUG"
     - RUN_PYTEST=1
     - RUN_FLAKE8=
 
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index b3ae38c8a57d..5ca99ecbbdcb 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
   - script: |
       env
-      pytest --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml -raR --maxfail=50 --timeout=300 --durations=25 --cov-report= --cov=lib -n 2
+      pytest --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml -raR --maxfail=50 --timeout=300 --durations=25 --cov-report= --cov=lib -n 2 --log-level=DEBUG
     displayName: 'pytest'
 
   - task: PublishTestResults@2
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
index 1e5f7e619529..91f058802ff2 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
@@ -1222,10 +1222,9 @@ def _findfont_cached(self, prop, fontext, directory, fallback_to_default,
 
         if not isinstance(prop, FontProperties):
             prop = FontProperties(prop)
-        fname = prop.get_file()
 
+        fname = prop.get_file()
         if fname is not None:
-            _log.debug('findfont returning %s', fname)
             return fname
 
         if fontext == 'afm':
@@ -1236,19 +1235,19 @@ def _findfont_cached(self, prop, fontext, directory, fallback_to_default,
         best_score = 1e64
         best_font = None
 
+        _log.debug('findfont: Matching %s.', prop)
         for font in fontlist:
             if (directory is not None and
                     Path(directory) not in Path(font.fname).parents):
                 continue
-            # Matching family should have highest priority, so it is multiplied
-            # by 10.0
-            score = \
-                self.score_family(prop.get_family(), font.name) * 10.0 + \
-                self.score_style(prop.get_style(), font.style) + \
-                self.score_variant(prop.get_variant(), font.variant) + \
-                self.score_weight(prop.get_weight(), font.weight) + \
-                self.score_stretch(prop.get_stretch(), font.stretch) + \
-                self.score_size(prop.get_size(), font.size)
+            # Matching family should have top priority, so multiply it by 10.
+            score = (self.score_family(prop.get_family(), font.name) * 10
+                     + self.score_style(prop.get_style(), font.style)
+                     + self.score_variant(prop.get_variant(), font.variant)
+                     + self.score_weight(prop.get_weight(), font.weight)
+                     + self.score_stretch(prop.get_stretch(), font.stretch)
+                     + self.score_size(prop.get_size(), font.size))
+            _log.debug('findfont: score(%s) = %s', font, score)
             if score < best_score:
                 best_score = score
                 best_font = font
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py
index c14b70a38725..d587271d5a91 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_animation.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ def test_movie_writer_registry():
     reason="animation writer not installed")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("method_name", ["to_html5_video", "to_jshtml"])
 def test_embed_limit(method_name, caplog, tmpdir):
+    caplog.set_level("WARNING")
     with tmpdir.as_cwd():
         with mpl.rc_context({"animation.embed_limit": 1e-6}):  # ~1 byte.
             getattr(make_animation(frames=1), method_name)()