actually read the new rcParam

adrn · adrn · commit d794b09a710f · 2013-11-03T21:16:37.000-05:00
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)
