Envirenment
Juypter Notebook in Docker container
System: Debian
Python: 3.6
Step 1
Download font file:
https://github.com/kent119/Toolkit__python-tools/raw/master/msyh.ttf
And store in the following path:
/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf
Stpe 2
Modify the configuration file:
sudo vim /opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
Remove the # infront of font.family and font.sans-serif.
Add Microsoft YaHei at the line of font.sans-serif.
Stpe 3
Remove the cache file of matplotlib:
rm ~/.cache/matplotlib/fontList.py3k.cache
Final Step
Restart python, or close and reopen notebook
Notes
If not working on Ubuntu, try to copy the ttf file to /usr/share/fonts
Reference:
https://www.zhihu.com/question/25404709/answer/128171562