# -*- noplot -*- """ 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_fmaily_rc.py and fonts_demo.py examples). """ import matplotlib.font_manager as fm import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) ax.plot([1,2,3]) prop = fm.FontProperties(fname='/Library/Fonts/Tahoma.ttf') ax.set_title('this is a special font', fontproperties=prop) plt.show()