Matlab, set font in figure plot

2
votes

I try to use the AvantGarde font in a MATLAB figure plot. However on the figure, the font is not displayed. I have the R2015a MATLAB version on Ubuntu.

When I use the *listfonts command, the AvantGarde font is listed as available. When using uisetfont, the AvantGarde font is working and display without any problems. As shown here (uisetfont command):

uisetfont command

Here is an extraction of my code where i set up the font:

fontname = 'AvantGarde';
set(0,'DefaultAxesFontName',fontname,'DefaultTextFontName',fontname);

Here an extraction of my output where the problems occurs:

output

I don't understand where the problem comes from and why the choosen font is not used for my figure, any help would be appreciate

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1 Answers

3
votes

have you set the default font before you created the figure?

the following example works for me:

clear all;
fontname = 'AvantGarde'; 
set(0,'DefaultAxesFontName',fontname,'DefaultTextFontName',fontname);
figure;
plot(1:10,1:10);
xlabel('test x');
ylabel('test y');

As an Alternative, you can set the appropriate Property after creation of the figure, by storing the handle to the x- and y-label.

clear all;
fontname = 'AvantGarde'; 
% set(0,'DefaultAxesFontName',fontname,'DefaultTextFontName',fontname);
figure;
plot(1:10,1:10);
xLabelHandle = xlabel('test x');
yLabelHandle = ylabel('test y');

set(yLableHandle,'Fontname',fontname);