Finally found a solution for this -- actually just tried solution from
Piter_ <x.piter@...287...> in his post -- deleted fontList.cache and it
works. That is, just doing
rcParams['font.family'] = 'Times New Roman'
gives me that font as the default.
Jon
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From: Michael Droettboom <mdroe@...86...>
> > To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] how to use different font
for serif
> > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 14:49:09 -0500
> >
> > What rcParams are you setting?
> >
> > font.family: serif
> > font.serif: Times New Roman
> >
> > and
> >
> > font.family: Times New Roman
> >
> > both work for me.
> >
> > You have to use the name of the font as specified in the
file, not
> > the filename to specify the font (which is probably why
"times" is
> > not working for you).
> >
> > Mike
I tried both of those and just tried them again and neither
work for me:
In [2]: rcParams['font.family'] = 'serif'
In [3]: rcParams['font.serif'] = ['Times New Roman']
In [4]: plot([0,1,2])
Out[4]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x62d69d0>]
In [5]:
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py:1242:
UserWarning: findfont: Font family ['serif'] not found.
Falling back to
Bitstream Vera Sans
(prop.get_family(), self.defaultFamily[fontext]))
In [7]: rcParams['font.family'] = 'Times New Roman'
In [8]: plot([0,1,2])
Out[8]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x62ff210>]
In [9]:
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py:1242:
UserWarning: findfont: Font family ['Times New Roman'] not
found.
Falling back to Bitstream Vera Sans
(prop.get_family(), self.defaultFamily[fontext]))
What is it that tells the font_manager where to look?
Jon