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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