HI you must find this file : font_manager.py in my case : C:\Users\gustavo\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\ font_manager.py
and FIND def win32InstalledFonts(directory=None, fontext='ttf') and replace by :
def win32InstalledFonts(directory=None, fontext='ttf'):
"""
Search for fonts in the specified font directory, or use the
system directories if none given. A list of TrueType font
filenames are returned by default, or AFM fonts if fontext ==
'afm'.
"""
from six.moves import winreg
if directory is None:
directory = win32FontDirectory()
fontext = get_fontext_synonyms(fontext)
key, items = None, {}
for fontdir in MSFontDirectories:
try:
local = winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, fontdir)
except OSError:
continue
if not local:
return list_fonts(directory, fontext)
try:
for j in range(winreg.QueryInfoKey(local)[1]):
try:
key, direc, any = winreg.EnumValue(local, j)
if not is_string_like(direc):
continue
if not os.path.dirname(direc):
direc = os.path.join(directory, direc)
direc = direc.split('\0', 1)[0]
if os.path.splitext(direc)[1][1:] in fontext:
items[direc] = 1
except EnvironmentError:
continue
except WindowsError:
continue
except MemoryError:
continue
return list(six.iterkeys(items))
finally:
winreg.CloseKey(local)
return None
