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change font size in matplotlib legend

June 27th, 2011 by Lawrence David

to change the font size in a matplotlib legend:

import pylab
import matplotlib.font_manager as fm
fig = pylab.figure()
prop = fm.FontProperties(size=5)
figlegend.legend(handle_l,label_l,prop=prop)

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3 Responses to “change font size in matplotlib legend”

1. on 30 Aug 2011 at 10:03 pm   Jorge

   I just want to thank you, you have saved me a lot of search.

   Cheers
   Jorge

2. on 19 Apr 2012 at 12:54 pm   Gerardo

   Thanks dude!

3. on 20 Oct 2012 at 10:12 am   Toby Burnett

   Not wrong, but this is much more compact:

   gca().legend(…, prop=dict(size=’small’))

   that ‘size’ can be the number of points as well.