text style in Matlab

is it possible to personalize the text style in Matlab, such as 'Arial', 'times new romane', etc?

if not, can anyone tell me what is the default text style in Matlab?

Thanks!

Yu

[Stephen23]

"is it possible to personalize the text style in Matlab..."

Which "text" are you asking about: text in the command window, text in the IDE user interface (e.g. menus, buttons, etc), text in the MATLAB editor, text shown in the Variable Viewer, text viewed dialog boxes, text within graphics objects, etc... ?

[Yu Li]

I want have 'Times New Roman' as default style for all situations, but according to Adam's answer I have to set it everytime I run the function.

[Adam Danz]

I don't think you understand the 3rd secton of code in my answer. That section will change the default fontname property. See the comment under my answer for instructions on how to change the font of the IDE (the Matlab user interface).

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

Set the FontName property. Here are some examples.

title('myTitle', 'FontName', 'Times')
xlabel('myLabel', 'FontName', 'Arial')
set(gca, 'FontName', 'Gotham')

To get a list of available fonts:

listfonts

To set the default fonts,

set(0, 'DefaultAxesFontName', 'Arial');
% or any of the following...
'defaultUicontrolFontName'
'defaultUitableFontName'
'defaultAxesFontName'
'defaultTextFontName'
'defaultUipanelFontName'

[Yu Li]

I have two further questions:

1. what is the font name of 'times new romane'.
2. where can I find the list of available font names
3. is it possible to set all the font names to be 'times new romane', without setting font names for each situation?
4. if I use command you provided: set(xx,xx,xx), do I need to use it at the beginning of each functions, or if I type it in MATLAB command window, it will works for every where&time in the future?

Thanks!

Yu

[Adam Danz]

Did you read my answer? Answers to questions 1, 2 and 3 are already in my previous response.

For your 4th question, if you use set() on an object, you need to set the properties after creating the object. If you use set() to set default settings (also in my previous answer) then you need to do that before creating the objects.

[Adam Danz]

The 3rd second of code in my answer will change the default font name for all future objects after you set the font. For example, if you want all future axes to use font 'Times New Roman', run this line before creating the axes.

set(0, 'DefaultAxesFontName', 'Arial');

If you're trying to set the font for the IDE, go to "preferences" and then "Fonts".

[Yu Li]

I tried but does not work. the setting in 'preference' only controls the text in Matlab window, not the figures generated by Matlab.

[Adam Danz]

Once again, to set the default FontName property, you must use the 3rd section of code in my answer.

set(0, 'DefaultAxesFontName', 'Times New Roman');

then create your figure. When 0 is the first input to set(), the default value is set for that property.

[Walter Roberson]

Note that setting Default* works for the session not permanently .

[Adam Danz]

Yes, if you want to permanently set your defaults, you can add those lines of code to your startup file.

[Yu Li]

thank you, I think I have got what I want.

Yu

[Adam Danz]

Glad it worked out!