Matplotlib fonts in Enthought Canopy

Question

I am using the matplotlib library inside Canopy, and the specific function is xkcd(). This function uses a specific font to plot charts. The font is Comic Sans MS, which if

Answer 1

This worked for me, and had the benefit of being something I could do from within a jupyter notebook, too:

Just type the following from within the python console (or your jupyter notebook):

matplotlib.font_manager._rebuild()