Merge pull request #2574 from adrn/titleweight

dmcdougall · dmcdougall · commit c424d1742e5a · 2013-11-14T08:47:16.000-08:00
Add axes.titleweight as an rc param
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def set_title(self, label, fontdict=None, loc="center", **kwargs):
             the default `fontdict` is::
 
                {'fontsize': rcParams['axes.titlesize'],
+                'fontweight' : rcParams['axes.titleweight'],
                 'verticalalignment': 'baseline',
                 'horizontalalignment': loc}
 
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ def set_title(self, label, fontdict=None, loc="center", **kwargs):
             raise ValueError("'%s' is not a valid location" % loc)
         default = {
             'fontsize': rcParams['axes.titlesize'],
+            'fontweight': rcParams['axes.titleweight'],
             'verticalalignment': 'baseline',
             'horizontalalignment': loc.lower()}
         title.set_text(label)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -895,7 +895,8 @@ def cla(self):
         self.containers = []
 
         self.grid(self._gridOn, which=rcParams['axes.grid.which'])
-        props = font_manager.FontProperties(size=rcParams['axes.titlesize'])
+        props = font_manager.FontProperties(size=rcParams['axes.titlesize'],
+                                        weight=rcParams['axes.titleweight'])
 
         self.titleOffsetTrans = mtransforms.ScaledTranslation(
             0.0, 5.0 / 72.0, self.figure.dpi_scale_trans)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -794,16 +794,16 @@ def gca(**kwargs):
     """
     Return the current :class:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes` instance on the
     current figure matching the given keyword args, or create one.
-    
+
     Examples
     ---------
     To get the the current polar axes on the current figure::
-    
+
         plt.gca(projection='polar')
-    
+
     If the current axes doesn't exist, or isn't a polar one, the appropriate
     axes will be created and then returned.
-    
+
     See Also
     --------
     matplotlib.figure.Figure.gca : The figure's gca method.
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ def title(s, *args, **kwargs):
         A dictionary controlling the appearance of the title text,
         the default `fontdict` is:
         {'fontsize': rcParams['axes.titlesize'],
+         'fontweight' : rcParams['axes.titleweight'],
          'verticalalignment': 'baseline',
          'horizontalalignment': loc}
     loc : {'center', 'left', 'right'}, str, optional
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ def __call__(self, s):
     'axes.linewidth':        [1.0, validate_float],  # edge linewidth
     'axes.titlesize':        ['large', validate_fontsize],  # fontsize of the
                                                             # axes title
+    'axes.titleweight':      ['normal', six.text_type],  # font weight of axes title
     'axes.grid':             [False, validate_bool],   # display grid or not
     'axes.grid.which':       ['major', validate_axis_locator],  # set wether the gid are by
                                                                 # default draw on 'major'
