Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to change axis fontsize

[Darren D. <dd...@co...>]

John, thanks for the information, I will study these options.

In Matlab, set(gca,'FontSize',12) will have at least two effects. The 
fontsize of the tickmark labels will be set accordingly, and the set of 
tickmarks will be reasonably adjusted to prevent overlapping text. If a 
legend exists, the fonts there will also be changed. Axes labels are not 
affected. For example,

axes % returns empty plot, x and yrange=[0 1]
set(gca,'FontSize',12) %  tickmarks=[0:0.2:1]
set(gca,'FontSize',8) %  tickmarks=[0:0.1:1]
set(gca,'FontSize',20) %  tickmarks=[0:0.5:1]

The desired size of the tickmarks depends on whether I am creating a plot 
for publication, or for a talk. I find that I tweak this quite a bit in 
Matlab, looking for the most appealing result (I started in graphic design, 
10 years ago).

Darren