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# -*- noplot -*-

"""

Although it is usually not a good idea to explicitly point to a single

ttf file for a font instance, you can do so using the

font_manager.FontProperties fname argument (for a more flexible

solution, see the font_fmaily_rc.py and fonts_demo.py examples).

"""

import sys

import os

import matplotlib.font_manager as fm

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

ax.plot([1,2,3])

if sys.platform == 'win32':

fpath = 'C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Tahoma.ttf'

elif sys.platform.startswith('linux'):

fonts = ['/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf',

'/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf',

'/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS.ttf',

]

for fpath in fonts:

if os.path.exists(fpath):

break

else:

fpath = '/Library/Fonts/Tahoma.ttf'

if os.path.exists(fpath):

prop = fm.FontProperties(fname=fpath)

fname = os.path.split(fpath)[1]

ax.set_title('this is a special font: %s' % fname, fontproperties=prop)

else:

ax.set_title('Demo fails--cannot find a demo font')

ax.set_xlabel('This is the default font')

plt.show()

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