title: Creating Waffle Charts with Matplotlib using the PyWaffle module and FontAwesome
body: <p>I am trying to use PyWaffle (<a href="https://github.com/ligyxy/PyWaffle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/ligyxy/PyWaffle</a>) to plot waffle charts.</p>
  
  <p>I have installed the module and I have installed the fontawesome fonts (<a href="https://fontawesome.com/?from=io" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://fontawesome.com/?from=io</a>) that are used by PyWaffle.</p>
  
  <p>I then run the following code provided in the Git repo.</p>
  
  <pre><code>data = {'Democratic': 48, 'Republican': 46, 'Libertarian': 3}
  fig = plt.figure(
      FigureClass=Waffle, 
      rows=5, 
      values=data, 
      colors=("#232066", "#983D3D", "#DCB732"),
      legend={'loc': 'upper left', 'bbox_to_anchor': (1, 1)},
      icons='child', icon_size=18, 
      icon_legend=True
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This should return the following plot:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc4ni.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xc4ni.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Instead I get the following exception.</p>
  
  <p>FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'font/FontAwesome.otf'</p>
  
  <p>The steps I used to install the FontAwesome were the ones listed in their website:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>First I downloaded the zipped folder</li>
  <li>Next, I unzipped the folder
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2LId7.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2LId7.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></li>
  <li>Then I opened it 
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8NgjH.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8NgjH.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a>
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8wtnj.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8wtnj.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I right-clicked on the fonts and selected: Install.</p>