mplfonts

library0.0.11pypypi✓ verified 80d ago

Fonts manager for matplotlib. Provides easy management of Chinese and other non-ASCII fonts for Matplotlib plots. Current version 0.0.11, released in 2023, low maintenance cadence.

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pip install mplfonts

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · MPLFONTS

mplfonts

devopspythonv0.0.11

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

use_font

✓ from mplfonts import use_font

✗ from mplfonts import font_manager

list_font

✓ from mplfonts import list_font

conf

✓ from mplfonts import conf

Initialize mplfonts and set a Chinese font family. Requires internet on first run to download font packages.

from mplfonts import init_fonts, font_manager init_fonts() import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams['font.family'] = 'SimHei' plt.title('中文标题') plt.show()

Debug

Known issues

deprecatedThe function 'install_font' has been renamed to 'init_fonts'.

fix

Use init_fonts() instead of install_font().

affects: <=0.0.9

gotchaFirst call to init_fonts() downloads fonts from network and may take a long time or fail if behind a proxy.

fix

Ensure internet connectivity or pre-download fonts manually.

affects: all

gotchaDoes not automatically update Matplotlib font cache; you may need to delete ~/.cache/matplotlib/fontlist-*.json after init.

fix

Run: import matplotlib.font_manager as fm; fm._load_fontmanager(try_read_cache=False)

affects: all

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Version history

0.0.11latest on PyPI · released Mar 28, 2026

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Dependencies

matplotlibrequiredRequired for font management

fonttoolsrequiredUsed for font processing

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/Clarmy/mplfonts ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/Clarmy/mplfonts ↗