Re: [Matplotlib-users] Controlling math mode font weights

2008-06-02 Thread Erik Tollerud
Ah, that makes much more sense for the labels... what about the commands for assigning weights and fonts to the default numbers along an axis? I know I saw a post a while back where someone was able to make the numbers boldface ... is that not rendered via TeX? And if so, why do none of the options

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Controlling math mode font weights

2008-06-02 Thread Michael Droettboom
First to correct some confusion (and a good candidate to add to the new docs that everyone is working so hard on...): mathtext and usetex are completely independent systems, and you can only use either one of the other. Therefore, if usetex is True, none of the mathtext settings will have any

[Matplotlib-users] Controlling math mode font weights

2008-06-01 Thread Erik Tollerud
I am having trouble figuring out how to control the weight of labels and text with the usetex option set to True. I would like to force all mathmode labels and text to be at least bold. I can imagine doing this either by substituting a font (i.e. changing the mathtext.fontset to 'custom' and all