.. _sphx_glr_gallery_api_font_file_sgskip.py:


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Using a ttf font file in matplotlib
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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_family_rc.py and fonts_demo.py examples).




.. code-block:: python

    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'):
        basedir = '/usr/share/fonts/truetype'
        fonts = ['freefont/FreeSansBoldOblique.ttf',
                 'ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf',
                 'msttcorefonts/Comic_Sans_MS.ttf']
        for fpath in fonts:
            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(basedir, 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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 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: font_file_sgskip.py <font_file_sgskip.py>`



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     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: font_file_sgskip.ipynb <font_file_sgskip.ipynb>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_