Merge pull request matplotlib#18623 from anntzer/comic

Provide a 'cursive' font present in Windows' default font set.

Author: dopplershift

doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/18623-AL.rst

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+Changed cursive and fantasy font definitions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The Comic Sans and Comic Neue fonts were moved from the default :rc:`font.fantasy`
+list to the default :rc:`font.cursive` setting, in accordance with the CSS
+font families example_ and in order to provide a cursive font present in
+Microsoft's Core Fonts set.
+
+.. _example: https://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/fonts.en.html

matplotlibrc.template

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 #font.serif:      DejaVu Serif, Bitstream Vera Serif, Computer Modern Roman, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Utopia, ITC Bookman, Bookman, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Times New Roman, Times, Palatino, Charter, serif
 #font.sans-serif: DejaVu Sans, Bitstream Vera Sans, Computer Modern Sans Serif, Lucida Grande, Verdana, Geneva, Lucid, Arial, Helvetica, Avant Garde, sans-serif
-#font.cursive:    Apple Chancery, Textile, Zapf Chancery, Sand, Script MT, Felipa, cursive
-#font.fantasy:    Comic Neue, Comic Sans MS, Chicago, Charcoal, Impact, Western, Humor Sans, xkcd, fantasy
+#font.cursive:    Apple Chancery, Textile, Zapf Chancery, Sand, Script MT, Felipa, Comic Neue, Comic Sans MS, cursive
+#font.fantasy:    Chicago, Charcoal, Impact, Western, Humor Sans, xkcd, fantasy
 #font.monospace:  DejaVu Sans Mono, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Computer Modern Typewriter, Andale Mono, Nimbus Mono L, Courier New, Courier, Fixed, Terminal, monospace