Fonts¶

A comprehensive hub for typography in dartwork-mpl. All bundled fonts are automatically registered with matplotlib on import—no manual configuration required.

Overview¶

dartwork-mpl includes 130 professional fonts from 9 font families, all optimized for data visualization and publication-quality figures. When you import the library, these fonts become immediately available to matplotlib.

Default Font: Roboto. Nine curated font families are bundled and auto-registered. Roboto is the default for all presets. Click through for the full catalog with all weights and variants.

Roboto

Google's flagship sans-serif, default font in dartwork-mpl

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Explore all font families →

Font Utilities. Helper functions fs() and fw() for relative font sizing and weighting, plus an interactive playground to test them out. Learn about font utilities →

Quick Start¶

import dartwork_mpl as dm
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

dm.style.use("scientific")  # Apply dartwork style (includes Roboto font)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_title("Publication-Ready Title", fontsize=dm.fs(4), fontweight=dm.fw(2))
ax.set_xlabel("X Axis Label", fontsize=dm.fs(0))
ax.set_ylabel("Y Axis Label", fontsize=dm.fs(0))

# Preview all available fonts
dm.plot_fonts(ncols=2, font_size=12)
plt.show()

Key Features¶

Auto-Registration: All 130 fonts are registered with matplotlib’s font manager on import. No manual font installation or configuration needed.
Relative Sizing: fs(n) adjusts font sizes relative to your base style. fw(n) adjusts weights in standardized steps. Both keep typography consistent across different output formats.
Math Support: Noto Sans Math provides comprehensive mathematical symbol coverage for scientific notation and equations.
Multi-Language: Paperlogy for Korean (한글), Noto Sans CJK for Japanese/Chinese — all bundled and auto-registered. No system font installation needed.

Bundled Fonts Summary¶

Family	Variants	Primary Use Case
Roboto	15	Default body text, general purpose
Inter	20	UI text, presentations
InterDisplay	20	Headings, titles
Noto Sans	15	Multi-language documents
Noto Sans Condensed	20	Tables, dense layouts
Noto Sans SemiCondensed	20	Labels, legends
Noto Sans ExtraCondensed	20	Axis labels, tight spaces
Noto Sans Math	1	Mathematical expressions
Paperlogy	9	Korean (한글) text

Bundled Icon Fonts¶

In addition to text fonts, dartwork-mpl bundles icon fonts for use in data visualizations. Icons are rendered as text using Unicode codepoints.

Identifier	Font	Icons	Style
`mdi`	Material Design Icons (Templarian)	7,448+	Filled + Outline
`fa-solid`	Font Awesome 6 Free Solid	2,000+	Filled
`fa-regular`	Font Awesome 6 Free Regular	160+	Outline
`fa-brands`	Font Awesome 6 Brands	460+	Brand logos

import dartwork_mpl as dm

mdi = dm.icon_font('mdi')          # Material Design Icons
fa  = dm.icon_font('fa-solid')     # Font Awesome 6 Solid

ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "\U000F050F",    # MDI: thermometer
        fontproperties=mdi, fontsize=20)

See API Reference → Icon Font System for full details.