Text Formatting

The table below shows how text added to a plot, such as text strings added via Figure.text, plot title, labels of Cartesian axes and colorbars, and legend entries. Changing the font as well as its color and size in this way allows to change those only for specific characters of a longer text. The supported fonts are listed at Supported Fonts.

Symbol	Behavior
@%font%TEXT@%%	Change the font of TEXT
@;color;TEXT@;;	Change the font color of TEXT
@:size:TEXT@::	Change the font size of TEXT
@-TEXT@-	Toggle subscripts on/off
@+TEXT@+	Toggle superscript on/off
@#TEXT@#	Toggle small caps on/off
@_TEXT@_	Toggle underline on/off
@!CHAR1CHAR2	Print two characters on top of each other (composite characters, e.g., overstrike)
@~TEXT@~	Toggle Greek letters on/off
@@	Print the @ sign
@.	Print the ° (degree) symbol
@s	Print letter ß
@i	Print letter í
@a or @A	Print letter å or Å
@c or @C	Print letter ç or Ç
@e or @E	Print letter æ or Æ
@n or @N	Print letter ñ or Ñ
@o or @O	Print letter ø or Ø
@u or @U	Print letter ü or Ü