matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #2006 by mdboom (2013-05-15 12:15:18+00:00)
Title: ValueError: stretch is invalid

On current master

```python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
```

results in

```python
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mpl_xkcd.py", line 19, in
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 1034, in subplots
ax0 = fig.add_subplot(nrows, ncols, 1, **subplot_kw)
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/figure.py", line 914, in add_subplot
a = subplot_class_factory(projection_class)(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py", line 9225, in __init__
self._axes_class.__init__(self, fig, self.figbox, **kwargs)
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py", line 450, in __init__
self._init_axis()
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py", line 507, in _init_axis
self.xaxis = maxis.XAxis(self)
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axis.py", line 645, in __init__
self.label = self._get_label()
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axis.py", line 1615, in _get_label
weight=rcParams['axes.labelweight']),
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line 689, in __init__
self.set_stretch(stretch)
File "/scratch/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line 872, in set_stretch
raise ValueError("stretch is invalid")
ValueError: stretch is invalid
```

Maybe this is related to commit cc617006f7f0a18396cecf4a9f1e222f1ee5204e