Set default font size and font face

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 27, 2009, at 7:37 AM, Johan Lans wrote:

> Ben Abbott skrev:
>>
>> 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
>>
> The text part works fine, the axes part gives an error message
>
>    warning: set: invalid property `fontname'
>
>    warning: set: invalid property `fontsize'
>
>
> I'm using octave version 3.0.1
>
> /Johan

3.0.5 has just been released. I recommend you upgrade.

	http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html

Ben