Latex fonts in matlab

Question

Is it possible to convert the font of a matlab plot to be the same of latex fonts. For example I can modify the font of a plot by:

x = -pi:.1:pi;
y = sin(x);         


        

Answer 1

I'd recommend setting the default interpreter to LaTex at the beginning of your script/function:

set(0,'defaulttextinterpreter','latex')

You can also download a version of Computer Modern (The LaTeX Font Family) and install it to your machine. Techniques may vary if you're running windows or mac, for Mac you'll need to download the OTF version and add it into the FontBook (Cmd-Space: FontBook)

Next, restart Matlab

Finally, you can use the LaTeX Font in Matlab:

   set(0,'DefaultTextFontname', 'CMU Serif')
   set(0,'DefaultAxesFontName', 'CMU Serif')

This is a nice work-around for having constant fonts in your tick-labels, although it has some trouble exporting in some formats.