Set default font size and font face

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 27, 2009, at 4:17 AM, hadoque wrote:

> Hi I wonder how to set default font size and font face for plots.  
> I've managed to set default linewidth with set (0,  
> "defaultlinelinewidth", 2) and I guess default font is in the same  
> format, I just can't figure out what the default*name* . thanks a  
> lot / Johan

The commands below should do what you want.

set (0, "defaultaxesfontname", "Helvetica")
set (0, "defaultaxesfontsize", 12)
set (0, "defaulttextfontname", "Helvetica")
set (0, "defaulttextfontsize", 12)

If you have problems, let us know what version of octave you are  
running.

Ben