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Default monospace font with text.usetex in matplotlib

I need to use rc('text', usetex=True) in one of my plots, and I noticed that it changes the fonts that are used in the figure.

Before:

from matplotlib import rc
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

rc('font', **{'family': 'monospace', 'monospace': 'Deja Vu Sans Mono', 'size': 25})
rc('text', usetex=False)

plt.clf()
x = [0,1,2]
y = [1,1,1]
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.ylabel(r"This is $y=1$", size=25)
plt.xlabel(r"This is x", size=25)
plt.show()

enter image description here After:

...
rc('text', usetex=True)
...

enter image description here

I tried working with the 'mathtext.*' rc properties but I could find the settings that can align these two outputs. Is there a catch?

Solution

  • As mentioned in the Text rendering with LaTeX doc, "only a small number of font families are supported".
    I'll let you check the available font families but for the monospace family, only Computer Modern Typewriter and Courier are supported.