Matplotlib 2 inconsistent font

Question

I updated Anaconda Python to the latest version (4.3), where they upgraded Matplotlib to version 2.

The upgrade has made some major changes to the default style (see

Answer 1

From the link you did provide:

A ‘classic’ style sheet is provided so reverting to the 1.x default values is a single line of python

mpl.style.use('classic')

Adding this line

matplotlib.style.use('classic')

to your script should solve your problem.

I tested it on my python2.7/matplotlib 2, and it worked fine (i.e. I get back the matplotlib 1.x fonts).