octave gnuplot interaction for the purpose of using a different font

[Ben Abbott]

On May 6, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Matt Funk wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i am trying to use a different than default font for plotting to a  
> png file. I
> can change the title and axis fairly easily but the tickmarks and  
> legend
> still use the default font.
>
> Now, i tried setting GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT first from the script  
> (via the
> system command) and also by hand in the shell from which i call my  
> script.
> Neither seem to work.
>
> Now i think i need to set the gnuplot setting straight via  
> __gnuplot_set__ .
> Is this the preferred way? Is there any other way i am not seeing.
>
> thanks
> matt

What version of Octave are you running?

Ben