import scipy
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('cairo')
import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm

data = scipy.arange(5)

for font in ['Helvetica', 'Gill Sans']:
    fig = pylab.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.bar(data, data)
    ax.set_xticks(data)
    ax.set_xticklabels(data, fontproperties = fm.FontProperties(family = font))
    pylab.savefig('foo-%s.pdf' % font)

matplotlib.rc('font', family = 'Gill Sans')

matplotlib.use('MacOSX')

#!/usr/bin/env python2.6

import scipy
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('cairo')
import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm

font = fm.FontProperties(
        family = 'Gill Sans', fname = '/Library/Fonts/GillSans.ttc')

data = scipy.arange(5)
fig = pylab.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.bar(data, data)
ax.set_yticklabels(ax.get_yticks(), fontproperties = font)
ax.set_xticklabels(ax.get_xticks(), fontproperties = font)
pylab.savefig('foo.pdf')