cd ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf ls -al | grep simhei
font.family : sans-serif
font.sans-serif : simhei, Bitstream Vera Sans, Lucida Grande, Verdana, Geneva, Lucid, Arial, Helvetica, Avant Garde, sans-serif
import matplotlib as mpl mpl.rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = ['simhei'] mpl.rcParams['font.serif'] = ['simhei'] import seaborn as sns sns.set_style("darkgrid",{"font.sans-serif":['simhei','Droid Sans Fallback']})