How to change the tables' fontsize
matplotlib, python
Solution
I think the documentation is either hinting at a parameter-to-be (notice `fontsize` is not a link like the other parameters) or perhaps is a bit misleading at the moment. There is no `fontsize` parameter.
Digging through the source code, I found the `Table.set_fontsize` method:
table = sub_axes.table(cellText=table_vals,
colWidths = [0.15, 0.25],
rowLabels=row_labels,
loc='right')
table.set_fontsize(14)
table.scale(1.5, 1.5) # may help
Here is an example with a grossly exaggerated fontsize just to show the effect.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/8531491/190597 (Andrey Sobolev)
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
y = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
col_labels = ['col1', 'col2', 'col3']
row_labels = ['row1', 'row2', 'row3']
table_vals = [[11, 12, 13], [21, 22, 23], [31, 32, 33]]
the_table = plt.table(cellText=table_vals,
colWidths=[0.1] * 3,
rowLabels=row_labels,
colLabels=col_labels,
loc='center right')
the_table.auto_set_font_size(False)
the_table.set_fontsize(24)
the_table.scale(2, 2)
plt.plot(y)
plt.show()
Problem
I'm drawing a table with `matplotlib.axes.Axes.table` like this: ``` sub_axes.table(cellText=table_vals, colWidths = [0.15, 0.25], rowLabels=row_labels, loc='right') ``` I'd like to change the fontsize of table's content, and found there is a `fontsize` property. So it becomes: ``` sub_axes.table(cellText=table_vals, colWidths = [0.15, 0.25], rowLabels=row_labels, fontsize=12, loc='right') ``` But when I execute the code, I got an error: ``` TypeError: table() got an unexpected keyword argument 'fontsize' ``` Is this property deprecated? And how can I change the fontsize of table with pyplot?