import os from matplotlib import font_manager as fm, rcParams import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
fpath = os.path.join(rcParams["datapath"], "fonts/ttf/cmr10.ttf") prop = fm.FontProperties(fname=fpath) fname = os.path.split(fpath)[1] ax.set_title('This is a special font: {}'.format(fname), fontproperties=prop) ax.set_xlabel('This is the default font')