diff --git a/docs/2dplots.py b/docs/2dplots.py
index 0331dce01..fe1d4ef56 100644
--- a/docs/2dplots.py
+++ b/docs/2dplots.py
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@
 ax.pcolormesh(data, cmap="magma", colorbar="b")
 ax = fig.subplot(gs[1], title="Logarithmic normalizer with norm='log'")
 ax.pcolormesh(data, cmap="magma", norm="log", colorbar="b")
+fig.show()
 
 
 # %% [raw] raw_mimetype="text/restructuredtext"
@@ -431,6 +432,7 @@
         ax.colorbar(m, loc="b")
         ax.format(title=f"{mode.title()}-skewed + {fair} scaling")
         i += 1
+fig.show()
 
 # %% [raw] raw_mimetype="text/restructuredtext"
 # .. _ug_discrete:
@@ -531,6 +533,7 @@
         colorbar="b",
         colorbar_kw={"locator": 180},
     )
+fig.show()
 
 # %% [raw] raw_mimetype="text/restructuredtext" tags=[]
 # .. _ug_autonorm:
diff --git a/docs/basics.py b/docs/basics.py
index d45a72aeb..5b37cdeaa 100644
--- a/docs/basics.py
+++ b/docs/basics.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 # fig = uplt.figure(suptitle='Single subplot')  # equivalent to above
 # ax = fig.subplot(xlabel='x axis', ylabel='y axis')
 ax.plot(data, lw=2)
+fig.show()
 
 
 # %% [raw] raw_mimetype="text/restructuredtext"
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@
     ylabel="ylabel",
 )
 axs[2].plot(data, lw=2)
+fig.show()
 # fig.save('~/example2.png')  # save the figure
 # fig.savefig('~/example2.png')  # alternative
 
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@
 axs[1, :1].format(fc="sky blue")
 axs[-1, -1].format(fc="gray4", grid=False)
 axs[0].plot((state.rand(50, 10) - 0.5).cumsum(axis=0), cycle="Grays_r", lw=2)
+fig.show()
 
 
 # %% [raw] raw_mimetype="text/restructuredtext"
@@ -361,6 +364,7 @@
     suptitle="Quick plotting demo",
 )
 fig.colorbar(m, loc="b", label="label")
+fig.show()
 
 
 # %% [raw] raw_mimetype="text/restructuredtext"
@@ -565,3 +569,4 @@
 for ax, style in zip(axs, styles):
     ax.format(style=style, xlabel="xlabel", ylabel="ylabel", title=style)
     ax.plot(data, linewidth=3)
+fig.show()
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 52f603568..66f4edff6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 # Import statements
 import datetime
+import logging
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
@@ -78,10 +79,17 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
 except Exception:
     pass
 
+# Silence font discovery warnings like "findfont: Font family ..."
+for _logger_name in ("matplotlib", "matplotlib.font_manager"):
+    _logger = logging.getLogger(_logger_name)
+    _logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+    _logger.propagate = False
+
 # Suppress deprecated rc key warnings from local configs during docs builds.
 try:
     from ultraplot.internals.warnings import UltraPlotWarning
 
+    warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
     warnings.filterwarnings(
         "ignore",
         category=UltraPlotWarning,
@@ -103,6 +111,10 @@ def _reset_ultraplot(gallery_conf, fname):
         import ultraplot as uplt
     except Exception:
         return
+    for _logger_name in ("matplotlib", "matplotlib.font_manager"):
+        _logger = logging.getLogger(_logger_name)
+        _logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+        _logger.propagate = False
     uplt.rc.reset()
 
 
@@ -350,7 +362,7 @@ def _reset_ultraplot(gallery_conf, fname):
 nbsphinx_execute = "auto"
 
 # Suppress warnings in nbsphinx kernels without injecting visible cells.
-os.environ.setdefault("PYTHONWARNINGS", "ignore::UserWarning")
+os.environ["PYTHONWARNINGS"] = "ignore"
 
 # Sphinx gallery configuration
 sphinx_gallery_conf = {