`mpl.font_manager.FontManager`¶

class mpl.font_manager.FontManager(size=None, weight=u'normal')[source]¶

On import, the FontManager singleton instance creates a list of TrueType fonts based on the font properties: name, style, variant, weight, stretch, and size. The findfont() method does a nearest neighbor search to find the font that most closely matches the specification. If no good enough match is found, a default font is returned.

__init__(size=None, weight=u'normal')[source]¶

Methods¶

`__init__`([size, weight])
`findfont`(prop[, fontext, directory, ...])	Search the font list for the font that most closely matches the `FontProperties` prop.
`get_default_size`()	Return the default font size.
`get_default_weight`()	Return the default font weight.
`score_family`(families, family2)	Returns a match score between the list of font families in families and the font family name family2.
`score_size`(size1, size2)	Returns a match score between size1 and size2.
`score_stretch`(stretch1, stretch2)	Returns a match score between stretch1 and stretch2.
`score_style`(style1, style2)	Returns a match score between style1 and style2.
`score_variant`(variant1, variant2)	Returns a match score between variant1 and variant2.
`score_weight`(weight1, weight2)	Returns a match score between weight1 and weight2.
`set_default_weight`(weight)	Set the default font weight.
`update_fonts`(filenames)	Update the font dictionary with new font files.