Change x-axis label font size?

I just have a basic plot and I want to change the font size of only the x axis labels. All the methods I'm trying are changing the font size for both the x and y axes and the title. Any tips? Thanks!

[Shane L]

Are you referring to the size of the x-axis label (as set by xlabel), or the size of the number labels attached to the tick marks on the x-axis?

[jcm95]

The size of the number labels attached to the tick marks on the x axis. For example, I'm plotting temperature as a function of date (in "Jan 01" format) and I'd like the "Jan 01" "Jan 02" "Jan 03" etc labels on the x axis to be a smaller font so they don't overlap.

[dpb]

That's what solution <Answer_272022> below does, precisely (with the caveats mentioned there).

[Shane L]

Yes, the solution provided by dpb should answer your question.

[jcm95]

Thank you!

Answer 1

[dpb]

See <numeric ruler properties>. Have to have HG2 (R2014b?) or later. If don't it'll just tell you no such properties so if don't know give it a go...prior to the introduction of the numeric ruler object the 'FontSize' and other properties were global at the axes level only; no way to adjust an individual axis.

Workaround is to not use the actual tick labels but write manually via text

[jcm95]

Thanks!

[dpb]

If that solved the problem please Accept Answer to indicate so if nothing else.