Mathematica Tutorial: Visualization And Graphics - Wolfram Research

Formats for Text in Graphics
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BaseStyle->value
an option for the text style in a graphic
FormatType->value
an option for the text format type in a graphic
Specifying formats for text in graphics.
Here is a plot with default settings for all formats.
In[1]:= Plot@Sin@xD^2, 8x, 0, 2 Pi Sin@xD^2D
sin 2 HxL
1.0
0.8
Out[1]=
0.6
0.4
0.2
1 2 3 4 5 6
Here is the same plot, but now using a 12-point bold font.
In[2]:= Plot@Sin@xD^2, 8x, 0, 2 Pi Sin@xD^2,
BaseStyle -> 8FontWeight -> "Bold", FontSize Ø 12 StandardFormD
1.0
0.8
Out[3]=
0.6
0.4
0.2
1 2 3 4 5 6