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<span id="matplotlib-fontconfig-pattern"></span><h1><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

<p>A module for parsing and generating <a class="reference external" href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html">fontconfig patterns</a>.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.FontconfigPatternParser">

<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.</code><code class="descname">FontconfigPatternParser</code><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/fontconfig_pattern.html#FontconfigPatternParser"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.FontconfigPatternParser" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object" title="(in Python v3.9)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code></a></p>

<p>A simple pyparsing-based parser for <a class="reference external" href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html">fontconfig patterns</a>.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.FontconfigPatternParser.parse">

<code class="descname">parse</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em><span class="n">pattern</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/fontconfig_pattern.html#FontconfigPatternParser.parse"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.FontconfigPatternParser.parse" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Parse the given fontconfig <em>pattern</em> and return a dictionary

of key/value pairs useful for initializing a

<a class="reference internal" href="font_manager_api.html#matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties" title="matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">font_manager.FontProperties</span></code></a> object.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.family_escape">

<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.</code><code class="descname">family_escape</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em><span class="n">repl</span></em>, <em><span class="n">string</span></em>, <em><span class="n">count</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">0</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.family_escape" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost non-overlapping occurrences of pattern in string by the replacement repl.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.family_unescape">

<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.</code><code class="descname">family_unescape</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em><span class="n">repl</span></em>, <em><span class="n">string</span></em>, <em><span class="n">count</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">0</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.family_unescape" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost non-overlapping occurrences of pattern in string by the replacement repl.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.generate_fontconfig_pattern">

<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.</code><code class="descname">generate_fontconfig_pattern</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em><span class="n">d</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/matplotlib/fontconfig_pattern.html#generate_fontconfig_pattern"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.generate_fontconfig_pattern" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Given a dictionary of key/value pairs, generates a fontconfig

pattern string.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.parse_fontconfig_pattern">

<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.</code><code class="descname">parse_fontconfig_pattern</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em><span class="n">pattern</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.parse_fontconfig_pattern" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Parse the given fontconfig <em>pattern</em> and return a dictionary

of key/value pairs useful for initializing a

<a class="reference internal" href="font_manager_api.html#matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties" title="matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">font_manager.FontProperties</span></code></a> object.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.value_escape">

<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.</code><code class="descname">value_escape</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em><span class="n">repl</span></em>, <em><span class="n">string</span></em>, <em><span class="n">count</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">0</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.value_escape" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost non-overlapping occurrences of pattern in string by the replacement repl.</p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.value_unescape">

<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.</code><code class="descname">value_unescape</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em><span class="n">repl</span></em>, <em><span class="n">string</span></em>, <em><span class="n">count</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">0</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.fontconfig_pattern.value_unescape" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost non-overlapping occurrences of pattern in string by the replacement repl.</p>

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