Re: [Matplotlib-users] Font in figures

[Damon M. <dam...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 03:53:28PM +0200, David Kremer wrote:
> Hello, I want to ask some questions about fonts in figures.
> 
> I think that the best figures are achieved when the font used is the 
> same as in the surrounding text in all the figure. This is the case when 
> I use the latex notation (between $$), but unfortunately the police used 
> for the axis is not the same (this is sans-serif font).
> 
> On the other hand, you could have a sans-serif font in your document, 
> and thus you would like your equations to be also sans-serif as far it 
> is possible.
> 
> The reason I write to this mailing is because I want to know if it 
> exists general recipes to have the same font in all the figure with 
> matplotlib.
> 
> The first thing I thought about as a general recipie is to use an 
> 'epslatex' output, which is then compiled with latex to give an eps or a 
> pdf file, but I am not sure if it is possible to achieve such a result.
> 
> If you have some idea about that, let me know.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
> 
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Hi David,

Have you set usetex=True in your rcParams?

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