How can I change the fontface of a text within a plot
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jjlivestrong
on 30 Sep 2012
Commented: Image Analyst
on 27 Jan 2024
Quick question, can I change the font face on MATLABs plot to other not being Arial (At least I think the default style is Arial).
If I were to change it to Times New Roman, what must I do?
Can you please help?
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Walter Roberson
on 30 Sep 2012
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 7 Apr 2018
title() and *label() accept 'FontName' property/value pairs. You can also use a FontName property/value pair in an axes() call, or you can set() that.
Note that if you set() an axes fontname, then http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/axes_props.html
"Note that MATLAB does not display the x-, y-, and z-axis labels in a new font until you manually reset them (by setting the XLabel, YLabel, and ZLabel properties or by using the xlabel, ylabel, or zlabel command). Tick mark labels change immediately."
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Matt Fig
on 30 Sep 2012
get(gca,'fontname') % shows you what you are using.
set(gca,'fontname','times') % Set it to times
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Image Analyst
on 30 Sep 2012
Edited: Image Analyst
on 30 Sep 2012
For example:
text(.10,.2, 'Hello World', 'FontName', 'Impact', 'FontSize', 40, 'Color', [.5 0 1]);
Should work with title(), xlabel(), and ylabel() also.
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