Use relative font sizes by default so they will scale with font.size

efiring · efiring · commit d4edb56a6f58 · 2008-06-20T07:03:22.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=5606
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-19 Use relative font sizes (e.g. 'medium' and 'large') in
+           rcsetup.py and matplotlibrc.template so that text will
+           be scaled by default when changing rcParams['font.size'] -
+           EF
+
 2008-06-17 Add a generic PatchCollection class that can contain any
            kind of patch. - MGD
 
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@
            sets '_nolegend_' for the other patch labels.  This lets
            autolegend work as expected for hist and bar - see
            https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1986597&group_id=80706&atid=560720
-	   JDH
+           JDH
 
 2008-06-10 Fix text baseline alignment bug.  [ 1985420 ] Repair of
            baseline alignment in Text._get_layout.  Thanks Stan West -
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ def __call__(self, s):
     'axes.facecolor'        : ['w', validate_color],    # background color; white
     'axes.edgecolor'        : ['k', validate_color],    # edge color; black
     'axes.linewidth'        : [1.0, validate_float],    # edge linewidth
-    'axes.titlesize'        : [14, validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the axes title
+    'axes.titlesize'        : ['large', validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the axes title
     'axes.grid'             : [False, validate_bool],   # display grid or not
-    'axes.labelsize'        : [12, validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the x any y labels
+    'axes.labelsize'        : ['medium', validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the x any y labels
     'axes.labelcolor'       : ['k', validate_color],    # color of axis label
     'axes.formatter.limits' : [[-7, 7], validate_nseq_int(2)],
                                # use scientific notation if log10
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def __call__(self, s):
     'legend.loc'         : ['upper right',validate_legend_loc], # at some point, this should be changed to 'best'
     'legend.isaxes'      : [True,validate_bool],  # this option is internally ignored - it never served any useful purpose
     'legend.numpoints'   : [2, validate_int],     # the number of points in the legend line
-    'legend.fontsize'    : [14, validate_fontsize],
+    'legend.fontsize'    : ['large', validate_fontsize],
     'legend.pad'         : [0.2, validate_float], # the fractional whitespace inside the legend border
     'legend.markerscale' : [1.0, validate_float], # the relative size of legend markers vs. original
 
@@ -427,15 +427,15 @@ def __call__(self, s):
     'xtick.major.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'xtick.minor.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'xtick.color'      : ['k', validate_color],    # color of the xtick labels
-    'xtick.labelsize'  : [12, validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the xtick labels
+    'xtick.labelsize'  : ['medium', validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the xtick labels
     'xtick.direction'  : ['in', str],            # direction of xticks
 
     'ytick.major.size' : [4, validate_float],      # major ytick size in points
     'ytick.minor.size' : [2, validate_float],      # minor ytick size in points
     'ytick.major.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'ytick.minor.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'ytick.color'      : ['k', validate_color],    # color of the ytick labels
-    'ytick.labelsize'  : [12, validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the ytick labels
+    'ytick.labelsize'  : ['medium', validate_fontsize], # fontsize of the ytick labels
     'ytick.direction'  : ['in', str],            # direction of yticks
 
     'grid.color'       : ['k', validate_color],       # grid color
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ numerix      : %(numerix)s  # numpy, Numeric or numarray
 #axes.edgecolor      : black   # axes edge color
 #axes.linewidth      : 1.0     # edge linewidth
 #axes.grid           : False   # display grid or not
-#axes.titlesize      : 14      # fontsize of the axes title
-#axes.labelsize      : 12      # fontsize of the x any y labels
+#axes.titlesize      : large   # fontsize of the axes title
+#axes.labelsize      : medium  # fontsize of the x any y labels
 #axes.labelcolor     : black
 #axes.axisbelow      : False   # whether axis gridlines and ticks are below
                               # the axes elements (lines, text, etc)
@@ -203,15 +203,15 @@ numerix      : %(numerix)s  # numpy, Numeric or numarray
 #xtick.major.pad      : 4      # distance to major tick label in points
 #xtick.minor.pad      : 4      # distance to the minor tick label in points
 #xtick.color          : k      # color of the tick labels
-#xtick.labelsize      : 12     # fontsize of the tick labels
+#xtick.labelsize      : medium # fontsize of the tick labels
 #xtick.direction      : in     # direction: in or out
 
 #ytick.major.size     : 4      # major tick size in points
 #ytick.minor.size     : 2      # minor tick size in points
 #ytick.major.pad      : 4      # distance to major tick label in points
 #ytick.minor.pad      : 4      # distance to the minor tick label in points
 #ytick.color          : k      # color of the tick labels
-#ytick.labelsize      : 12     # fontsize of the tick labels
+#ytick.labelsize      : medium # fontsize of the tick labels
 #ytick.direction      : in     # direction: in or out
 
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ numerix      : %(numerix)s  # numpy, Numeric or numarray
 ### Legend
 #legend.isaxes        : True
 #legend.numpoints     : 2      # the number of points in the legend line
-#legend.fontsize      : 14
+#legend.fontsize      : large
 #legend.pad           : 0.2    # the fractional whitespace inside the legend border
 #legend.markerscale   : 1.0    # the relative size of legend markers vs. original
 # the following dimensions are in axes coords
