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Where does matplotlib look for fonts on Linux?

Find out using

import matplotlib.font_manager
print(matplotlib.font_manager.X11FontDirectories)

On my Ubuntu 22.04, this lists:

['/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/',
 '/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts',
 '/usr/share/fonts/',
 '/usr/local/share/fonts/',
 '/usr/lib/openoffice/share/fonts/truetype/',
 '~/.local/share/fonts',
 '~/.fonts']