SetFigPaper

Function to modify the style of the graphical representations of MATLAB

SetFigPaper

• Introduction
• Examples
  • Grayscale
  • Interpreter
  • FontName
  • FontSize
  • LineWidth
• Troubleshooting
• Incompatibility Issues
• Author

Introduction

With this function it is possible to modify multiple style parameters of MATLAB graphic representations. It is only necessary to include the function call after the graphic representation code, that's all.

It can be used in two ways:

• Name-Value pair arguments: setfigpaper('Width',[20,0.65],'Interpreter','Latex'). Only the parameters you want to modify are necessary.
• Only values: setfigpaper([20,0.65],10,'Helvetica','Latex'). With explicit order: (Width,FontSize,FontName,Interpreter,Grayscale,LineWidth,Figure).

The available options are:

Name	Description
Width	Simple: one integer. With aspect ratio: array with two elements, the width and the aspect ratio.
FontSize	The font size in all texts in the figure.
FontName	Font family.
Interpreter	Text interpreter syntax, 'Latex', 'tex' or 'none'. If you don't want to modify the interpreter the value must be [] (empty value).
Grayscale	Change all colours to grayscale. [boolean]
LineWidth	Set line width only for axes, not for data.
Figure	Apply to a specific figure.

Examples

Grayscale

Example 1

setfigpaper('GrayScale',true)

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Wind (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35250-matlab-plot-gallery-wind), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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Example 2

setfigpaper('GrayScale',true)

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Subplot (2) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35298-matlab-plot-gallery-subplot-2), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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Interpreter

Example 1

setfigpaper('Interpreter','Latex')

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Heatmap Chart (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/63457-matlab-plot-gallery-heatmap-chart), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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Example 2

setfigpaper('Interpreter','Latex')

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Line Plot 2D (2) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35256-matlab-plot-gallery-line-plot-2d-2), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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FontName

• Only work with 'Tex' interpreter

Example 1

setfigpaper('FontName','Courier')

Code: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/wordcloud.html

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Example 2

setfigpaper('FontName','Times New Roman')

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Heatmap Chart (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/63457-matlab-plot-gallery-heatmap-chart), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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FontSize

Example 1

setfigpaper('FontSize',6)

Code: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/parallelplot.html

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Example 2

setfigpaper('FontSize',15)

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Directed Graph Plot (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/63456-matlab-plot-gallery-directed-graph-plot), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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LineWidth

Example 1

setfigpaper('LineWidth',2)

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Set Axes Positions (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/63458-matlab-plot-gallery-set-axes-positions), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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Example 2

setfigpaper('LineWidth',1.5)

Code: MathWorks Plot Gallery Team (2020). MATLAB Plot Gallery - Scatter Plot 3D (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35288-matlab-plot-gallery-scatter-plot-3d), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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Troubleshooting

In some representations, it is necessary to carry out previous steps for the function to work correctly.

• pie and pie3: If you use LaTeX interpreter with default labels (percentage) you need to fix the plot before call setfigpaper. Solution:

   p = pie([1 3 0.5 2.5 2]);
   txt = findobj(p,'Type','Text');
   arrayfun(@(x) set(x,'String',strrep(x.String,'%','\%')),txt,...
   'UniformOutput',false)
   setfigpaper

• pareto: If you use LaTeX interpreter with default ticklabels (percentage) you need to fix the plot before call setfigpaper. Solution:

   [H,ax]  = pareto([200 120 555 608], {'Fred','Ginger','Norman','Max'});
   ax(2).YTickLabel = arrayfun(@(x) strrep(x,'%','\%'),ax(2).YTickLabel);
   setfigpaper

Incompatibility Issues

Setfigpaper is developed in MATLAB 2020. In some versions not all options are available. The function checks the version so that the incompatible code is not executed.

If you find any error or the modification does not apply to any item, please inform me and I will try to solve it.

Legend meaning:

• Fixed by version checking.
• It runs but doesn't affect.

MATLAB 2018b (9.5) and earlier

	Axes/Object	Description	Line code
	Heatmap	Unable to assign an interpreter to text within the map.	set(ax.Heatmap,'Interpreter',type);
	GraphPlot	Cannot modify node font.	set(grap,'nodefontname',...
	Polar Axes	Grayscale cannot be applied to all elements.

Author

Jose M. Requena Plens, 2020. ([e-mail] | [e-mail])

Original concept: Noe Jimenez, 2014. ([e-mail] | [e-mail])