Now you should have a bunch of Helvetica*.ttf files in this directory. I don’t know why there’s a bunch of “Untitled” files but we’ll just leave them there. $ sudo fondu -show ~/font_copies/Helvetica.dfontīecause we specified -show, which in this program is the equivalent of -verbose, we see all the files that are created. $ cd /Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/ If this is not your own machine, copy the Helvetica file to somewhere you can edit, and then run fondu: $ mkdir ~/font_copies cp /System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont ~/font_copies $ sudo fondu -show /System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont # need sudo access to get into the. ttf in: matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf $ cd /Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/ Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc > import matplotlib matplotlib.matplotlib_fname() Note that these outputs are specific to my machine and Python installation.
To find out where matplotlib stores its data, we use this command. Find Helvetica on your systemĬan use ‘FontBook.app’ to find where Helvetica is on your system, but in all likelihood it’s here: /System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont
Install helvetica font update#
You may need to brew update if you are getting an error.
Install helvetica font install#
To install Fondu, use homebrew, the “missing package manager for OSX.” It’s really fantastic, downloading and installing dependencies automagically for each package.Īfter you install homebrew, the command to install Fondu is, brew install fondu
Install helvetica font download#
Download and install Fondu to convert Mac-Helvetica to ttf-HelveticaĮDIT: changed source. dfont file which is inaccessible to Matplotlib, so we need to make it accessible. Falling back to Bitstream Vera SansĪdding Helvetica to the default font list You’ve probably seen this error: /Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py:1216: UserWarning: findfont: Font family not found. If you’ve tried to add Helvetica by editing your. And, as I use Helvetica in my own documents, I want my plot text and my document text to match, without having to go into Adobe Illustrator and change it all. In my scientific figures, I’m not going for originality in the typography, I just want it clean and readable. While Helvetica is a controversial font, it is simple, clean, and undisputedly easy to read. If you’re a typography junkie like me, you’re probably sick of seeing Bitstream Vera Sans as the typesetting font for Python’s plotting library, Matplotlib.
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