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How to set font size in axis tick labels?

Mark Proulx — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:11:02 -0400

How do I set the font size in my axis tick labels? I've
set the "tick label mode" from 'auto' to 'manual,' but
haven't been able to get beyond this. I figure that if I
could find the handle value for the axis labels, I'd have
it made, but I can't figure out how to do this, either.

Re: How to set font size in axis tick labels?

Walter Roberson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:05:14 -0400

Mark Proulx wrote:
> How do I set the font size in my axis tick labels?

Set the FontSize property of the axes.

>> plot(rand(1,20));set(gca,'FontSize',3)

--
Q = quotation(rand);
if isempty(Q); error('Quotation server filesystem problems')
else sprintf('%s',Q), end

Re: How to set font size in axis tick labels?

Matt Fig — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:06:01 -0400

The handles for the axis labels are stored in the 'xlabel'
property of the axes.

plot([1:10])
xlhand = get(gca,'xlabel')
set(xlhand,'string','X','fontsize',20)

Re: How to set font size in axis tick labels?

Mark Proulx — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:21:01 -0400

Walter Roberson <roberson@hushmail.com> wrote in message
<Kwmrk.101670$nD.18048@pd7urf1no>...
> Mark Proulx wrote:
> > How do I set the font size in my axis tick labels?
>
> Set the FontSize property of the axes.
>
> >> plot(rand(1,20));set(gca,'FontSize',3)
>
>
> --
> Q = quotation(rand);
> if isempty(Q); error('Quotation server filesystem
problems')
> else sprintf('%s',Q), end

It worked great; huge thanks!

Mark

Re: How to set font size in axis tick labels?

Mark Proulx — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:22:02 -0400

"Matt Fig" <spamanon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
<g8kscp$rvb$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> The handles for the axis labels are stored in the 'xlabel'
> property of the axes.
>
> plot([1:10])
> xlhand = get(gca,'xlabel')
> set(xlhand,'string','X','fontsize',20)
>
>

Many thanks for the answer. While Walt's answer got me out
of my immediate difficulty, your answer gives me
information that will be useful in the long term!

Mark

How do we do this for only the x axis ??

Juliette Salexa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:32:19 -0400

How do we do this for only the x axis and NOT the y axis ??

Re: How do we do this for only the x axis ??

TideMan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:27:30 -0400

On Jul 9, 8:32 am, "Juliette Salexa" <juliette.physic...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> How do we do this for only the x axis and NOT the y axis ??

Look at Matt Fig's post.
That shows you how to apply only to the x-axis.

Re: How do we do this for only the x axis ??

Nathan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:29:52 -0400

On Jul 8, 2:27 pm, TideMan <mul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 9, 8:32 am, "Juliette Salexa" <juliette.physic...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > How do we do this for only the x axis and NOT the y axis ??
>
> Look at Matt Fig's post.
> That shows you how to apply only to the x-axis.

Matt Fig's post applies to the Xlabel, not Xlabelticks, as I think
Juliette is wanting.
I almost said the same thing until I figured that out.

And sorry, I can't figure it out either.
-Nathan

Re: How do we do this for only the x axis ??

Juliette Salexa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:45:03 -0400

Yes those methods listed above (trust me I've tried them all) only work for the xlabels, and for XTickLabels, modifying the fontsize modifies the YTickLabels fontsizes simultaneously.

There should be a way around this .. anyone know ??

Re: How do we do this for only the x axis ??

Doug Schwarz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:06:43 -0400

In article <h3340v$rft$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
"Juliette Salexa" <juliette.physicist@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes those methods listed above (trust me I've tried them all) only work for
> the xlabels, and for XTickLabels, modifying the fontsize modifies the
> YTickLabels fontsizes simultaneously.
>
> There should be a way around this .. anyone know ??

There is not. The property that controls both the XTickLabels and
YTickLabels is FontSize. The only thing you can do is create separate
text items and put them where you want the labels to go.

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