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Query macOS for available system fonts. #27230

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12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
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from numbers import Number
import os
from pathlib import Path
import plistlib
import re
import subprocess
import sys
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return [Path(os.fsdecode(fname)) for fname in out.split(b'\n')]


@lru_cache
def _get_macos_fonts():
"""Cache and list the font paths known to ``system_profiler SPFontsDataType``."""
d, = plistlib.loads(
subprocess.check_output(["system_profiler", "-xml", "SPFontsDataType"]))
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Is this output portable across different system languages?

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From a quick check, the answer appears to be yes.

return [Path(entry["path"]) for entry in d["_items"]]


def findSystemFonts(fontpaths=None, fontext='ttf'):
"""
Search for fonts in the specified font paths. If no paths are
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else:
installed_fonts = _get_fontconfig_fonts()
if sys.platform == 'darwin':
installed_fonts += _get_macos_fonts()
fontpaths = [*X11FontDirectories, *OSXFontDirectories]
else:
fontpaths = X11FontDirectories
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# Increment this version number whenever the font cache data
# format or behavior has changed and requires an existing font
# cache files to be rebuilt.
__version__ = 330
__version__ = 390

def __init__(self, size=None, weight='normal'):
self._version = self.__version__
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