René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Cannot render Apple Color Emoji in plots","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\nIn both Jupyter Notebook and Terminal, I cannot display emojis using the Apple Color Emoji font. \r\n\r\nIf I attempt to set `fontname='Apple Color Emoji'` matplotlib won't find the font, and falls back to the default font DejaVu Sans, which renders the image below. \r\n\r\n![download 2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9706870/48677578-f4132900-eb44-11e8-8bde-acfeb08ed8bd.png)\r\n\r\nIf I try to load the font using `font_manager.FontProperties`, it throws an error: `RuntimeError: In FT2Font: Could not set the fontsize`. \r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfrom matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties\r\nimport numpy as np\r\n\r\nprop = FontProperties(fname='/System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttc')\r\n\r\nfreqs = [301, 96, 53, 81, 42]\r\nlabels = ['😊', '😱', '😂', '😄', '😛']\r\nplt.figure(figsize=(12,8))\r\np1 = plt.bar(np.arange(len(labels)), freqs, 0.8, color=\"lightblue\")\r\nnew_ylim = plt.ylim()[1]+30\r\nplt.ylim(0, new_ylim)\r\n\r\n# Make labels\r\nfor rect1, label in zip(p1, labels):\r\n    height = rect1.get_height()\r\n    plt.annotate(\r\n        label,\r\n        (rect1.get_x() + rect1.get_width()/2, height+5),\r\n        ha=\"center\",\r\n        va=\"bottom\",\r\n        #fontsize='30',\r\n        #fontname='Apple Color Emoji'\r\n        fontproperties = prop\r\n    )\r\n    \r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating system: MacOS Sierra 10.12.6\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 2.2.3\r\n  * Matplotlib backend: MacOSX and module://ipykernel.pylab.backend_inline\r\n  * Python version: Python 3.7.0\r\n  * Jupyter version (if applicable): 5.6.0\r\n\r\n[Related StackOverflow question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53357839/show-emojis-in-matplotlib-using-jupyter-notebook-or-terminal?noredirect=1#comment93605069_53357839).","author":{"url":"https://github.com/brienna","@type":"Person","name":"brienna"},"datePublished":"2018-11-18T20:21:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":52},"url":"https://github.com/12830/matplotlib/issues/12830"}