I always taylor a matplotlibrc file for a given project, but you can modify the rc parameters on the fly: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/customizing.html#dynamic-rc-settings
You need to set themodified rc parameters at the top of your script. Hope that helps. -paul On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Martella, C. <claudio.marte...@vu.nl> wrote: > hello list, > > I'm having quite a big number of subplots all together inside of the same > figure, which pushes me to reduce the font size quite a lot to avoid overlap. > I've been able to set quite everything, except of the ytickslabels: > > sp = fig.add_subplot(611, xlim=(10, 100)) > sp.set_title(my_title, fontsize='small') > sp.set_xticklabels(('10', '15', '20', '30', '45', '60', '75', '90'), > fontsize='small') > sp.set_xticks(X) > sp.set_ylabel('Y', fontsize='small') > #sp.set_yticklabels(sp.get_yticklabels(), fontsize='small') > sp.plot(X, Y, "b--") > > unfortunately I can't set yticklabes without passing the labels as well, > which i'd like to avoid as it really much depends on the data and the > subplot. I'm happy with matplotlib calculating the yticklabels the way it > does, i just would like to have control over their fonts size. > > Any idea? > > -- > Claudio Martella > claudio.marte...@vu.nl > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users