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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Light font variants cannot be accessed by common name","articleBody":"The following Ubuntu fonts are installed on my system:\n\n```\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-LI.ttf: Ubuntu,Ubuntu Light:style=Light Italic,Italic\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-L.ttf: Ubuntu,Ubuntu Light:style=Light,Regular\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-M.ttf: Ubuntu,Ubuntu Light:style=Medium,Bold\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-BI.ttf: Ubuntu:style=Bold Italic\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-RI.ttf: Ubuntu:style=Italic\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-R.ttf: Ubuntu:style=Regular\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-MI.ttf: Ubuntu,Ubuntu Light:style=Medium Italic,Bold Italic\n/home/edwin/.fonts/Ubuntu-B.ttf: Ubuntu:style=Bold\n```\n\nUbuntu Light is shown with two family names: Ubuntu and Ubuntu Light. In XeTeX I can select the font directly by naming Ubuntu Light, but I cannot do the same in matplotlib:\n\n```\nmatplotlib.rcParams['font.family'] = 'Ubuntu Light'\n```\n\nInstead, I must use a more obscure (albeit more technically correct) method:\n\n```\nmatplotlib.rcParams['font.family'] = 'Ubuntu'\nmatplotlib.rcParams['font.weight'] = 200\n```\n\nIt would be convenient if Ubuntu Light could be addressed directly by its 'common' name.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/EdwinChan","@type":"Person","name":"EdwinChan"},"datePublished":"2015-07-29T20:05:34.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":21},"url":"https://github.com/4822/matplotlib/issues/4822"}