Re: [Matplotlib-users] Setting font family in ticks not possible. Bug?

On Thursday 27 March 2008 01:27:28 pm Gerolf Ziegenhain wrote:
> More complete:
>
> I tried all permunations of backends. Now I stick to PS, because I use
> matplotlib from commandline with scripts. The environment is debian/etch
> with a current version of matplotlib (self compiled).
>
> Try this script
> ********************************************
> from pylab import *
>
> t = arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
> s = sin(2*pi*t)
> plot(t, s)
> grid(True)
>
> # matlab handle graphics style
> xticklines = getp(gca(), 'xticklines')
> yticklines = getp(gca(), 'yticklines')
> xgridlines = getp(gca(), 'xgridlines')
> ygridlines = getp(gca(), 'ygridlines')
> xticklabels = getp(gca(), 'xticklabels')
> yticklabels = getp(gca(), 'yticklabels')
>
> setp(xticklines, 'linewidth', 3)
> setp(yticklines, 'linewidth', 3)
> setp(xgridlines, 'linestyle', '-')
> setp(ygridlines, 'linestyle', '-')
> setp(yticklabels, 'color', 'r', fontsize='medium')
> setp(xticklabels, 'color', 'r', fontsize='medium', family='sans-serif')
>
> savefig('axprops_demo')
> ******************************************
>
> On my system the line
>  setp(xticklabels, 'color', 'r', fontsize='medium', family='sans-serif')
> doesn't change the font family.

Do you use "usetex"? If you do, the mathtext is rendered using latex, and 
latex renders mathtext in serif fonts.

Darren