[Matplotlib-users] axes numbers font size

[G. O. N. <g_n...@ho...>]

Hello,

I just started looking into python and matplotlib a few days ago and I am a=
mazed that this software can do more or less the same as MATLAB. I just hav=
e a couple of questions regarding some stuff that I spent a lot of time wit=
hout figuring out.

1. Is there a way to change the font type and font size of the numbers on t=
he axes in a figure? Not the labels (xlabel and ylabel - they are easy to c=
hange), but the actual numbers. If for example x goes from 0 to 6 in step o=
f 2, the numbers showing below the x axis would be 0, 2, 4, and 6 for examp=
le. It is the fontsize and font of these numbers that I want to change. It =
must be some axis property but I cannot figure it out.

2. I will be using the figures plotted in matplotlib mainly to import them =
in LATEX documents. Since Latex uses Computer modern font by default, is th=
ere a way to change the default font in matplotlib to match it? What would =
be the actual command?

3. The data that I would like to plot is in an ASCII format, where the firs=
t row and column is text and the rest is numbers. What would be the best wa=
y to import that into maplotlib and then assign a variable name to each col=
umn (without the first entry, which would be the variable name).

Thanks a lot in advance.
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