Thread: [Matplotlib-users] How to change the textsize inside a legend?

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Hello,

The question is in the title :)

Cheers!
Fabien

Hello Fabien,

There is a font size attribute to ``legend``. Here is the description from
the docstring:

  *fontsize*: [ size in points | 'xx-small' | 'x-small' |
  'small' | 'medium' | 'large' | 'x-large' | 'xx-large' ]
    Set the font size.  May be either a size string, relative to
    the default font size, or an absolute font size in points. This
    argument is only used if prop is not specified.

Cheers,
Nelle

On 31 August 2012 15:42, Fabien Lafont <laf...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The question is in the title :)
>
> Cheers!
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>
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On 31/08/2012 14:42, Fabien Lafont wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The question is in the title :)
>
> Cheers!
> Fabien
>

I don't wish to appear rude as this list is associated with the Python 
language, but do you ever try a search engine before you ask a question?

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

Actually I had some problems to find the solution on the web.

Finally I've used:   matplotlib.rcParams['legend.fontsize'] = 25.0 and it
works well

Fabien

2012/8/31 Mark Lawrence <bre...@ya...>

> On 31/08/2012 14:42, Fabien Lafont wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The question is in the title :)
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Fabien
> >
>
> I don't wish to appear rude as this list is associated with the Python
> language, but do you ever try a search engine before you ask a question?
>
> --
> Cheers.
>
> Mark Lawrence.
>
>
>
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To avoid (not so) rude answer like Mark's one, please try first to refer
to:
- the documentation of the pyplot's commands you use
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/pyplot_api.html
It tries (pretty well IMHO) to be comprehensive, at least for 99% of use
cases,

- you can set, once for all, the properties of most matplotlib objects
in the configuration file. An example is here:
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/customizing.html#a-sample-matplotlibrc-file 
It may be a good starting point to determine the name of the property
you are looking for.

Regards,

On 31/08/2012 16:32, Fabrice Silva wrote:
> To avoid (not so) rude answer like Mark's one, please try first to refer
> to:
> - the documentation of the pyplot's commands you use
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/pyplot_api.html
> It tries (pretty well IMHO) to be comprehensive, at least for 99% of use
> cases,
>
> - you can set, once for all, the properties of most matplotlib objects
> in the configuration file. An example is here:
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/customizing.html#a-sample-matplotlibrc-file
> It may be a good starting point to determine the name of the property
> you are looking for.
>
> Regards,
>
>
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> Live Security Virtual Conference
> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and
> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions
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>

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and 
you feed him for a lifetime.

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Mark Lawrence.