[Matplotlib-users] Help/RFC with 'legend' command

[Randewijk P-J <pjr...@su...>]

Dear All,

I want to change the fontsize used for my legends.

Analogues to the 'title', 'figtext', 'xlabel' and 'ylabel' commands, it
would have been nice to write:

legend(('...'),loc=3D'...',fontsize=3D10)

Unfortunately this is not (yet) implemented...

Time Out:
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Can I make a RFC for this feature to be added...?
And the same for the 'axis' command, e.g. 'axis([...],fontsize=3D10)',
would also be a nice addition to mpl.
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Back to the fontsize issue:

In 'legend.py':

"...
def __init__(self, parent, handles, labels, loc,
                 isaxes=3DTrue,
                 numpoints =3D 4,      # the number of points in the
legend line
                 prop =3D FontProperties(size=3D'smaller'),
                 pad =3D 0.2,          # the fractional whitespace =
inside
the legend border
                 markerscale =3D 0.6,    # the relative size of legend
markers vs. original
                 # the following dimensions are in axes coords
                 labelsep =3D 0.005,     # the vertical space between =
the
legend entries
                 handlelen =3D 0.05,     # the length of the legend =
lines
                 handletextsep =3D 0.02, # the space between the legend
line and legend text
                 axespad =3D 0.02,       # the border between the axes =
and
legend edge

                 shadow=3DFalse,
                 ):
..."

The font is defined as 'smaller', but 'smaller' than what...?

It is not affected (imho) by either of the following settings in my
'matplotlibrc' file:

"...
font.size		  : 12
...
axes.labelsize	  : 16
...
tick.labelsize      : 10
..."

Kind regards,

Peter-Jan