Fallback to free fonts in text

jenshnielsen · jenshnielsen · commit 7925a32a76e0 · 2014-12-27T17:36:26.000+01:00
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/text_handles.py b/examples/pylab_examples/text_handles.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ def f(t):
 xtext = xlabel('time (s)')
 
 setp(ttext, size='large', color='r', style='italic')
-setp(xtext, size='medium', name='courier', weight='bold', color='g')
-setp(ytext, size='medium', name='helvetica', weight='light', color='b')
+setp(xtext, size='medium', name=['Courier', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono'],
+     weight='bold', color='g')
+setp(ytext, size='medium', name=['Helvetica', 'Liberation Sans'],
+     weight='light', color='b')
 show()
