Matplotlib, Consistent font using latex

Question

My problem is I\'d like to use Latex titles in some plots, and no latex in others. Right now, matplotlib has two different default fonts for Latex titles and non-Latex titl

Answer 1

EDIT

if you want to change the fonts used by LaTeX inside matplotlib, check out this page

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/usetex.html

one of the examples there is

from matplotlib import rc
rc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['Helvetica']})
## for Palatino and other serif fonts use:
#rc('font',**{'family':'serif','serif':['Palatino']})
rc('text', usetex=True)

Just pick your favorite!

And if you want a bold font, you can try \mathbf

plt.title(r'$\mathbf{W_y(\tau, j=3)}$')

EDIT 2

The following will make bold font default for you

font = {'family' : 'monospace',
        'weight' : 'bold',
        'size'   : 22}

rc('font', **font)