How to load .ttf file in matplotlib using mpl.rcParams?

Question

I have a matplotlib script that starts ...

import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm

mpl.rcParams[\'xt         


        

Answer 1

You can use the fc-query myfile.ttf command to check the metadata information of a font according to the Linux font system (fontconfig). It should print you names matplotlib will accept. However the matplotlib fontconfig integration is rather partial right now, so I'm afraid it's quite possible you'll hit bugs and limitations that do not exist for the same fonts in other Linux applications.

(this sad state is hidden by all the hardcoded font names in matplotlib's default config, as soon as you start trying to change them you're in dangerous land)