diff --git a/scope_plot/backends/matplotlib.py b/scope_plot/backends/matplotlib.py
index 58bd27a..ba6ba48 100644
--- a/scope_plot/backends/matplotlib.py
+++ b/scope_plot/backends/matplotlib.py
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 except ImportError as e:
     import matplotlib
     matplotlib.use("agg")
-    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-else:
-    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
+matplotlib.rcParams['pdf.fonttype'] = 42
+matplotlib.rcParams['ps.fonttype'] = 42
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 import json
 import pprint