topic Re: How to change font in a plot in Graphics Programming

How to change font in a plot

marta25 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:04:38 GMT

Hello,

It seems a very easy question but somehow I am struggling with this.

I just want to change the FONT (not font size, this I can do easily) of all text in a plot (in SGPLOT): axis labels and values, legend items...

I guess I have to define a new style, something like:

proc template;
define style my_style;
parent=styles.htmlblue;
class GraphValueText / font = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",20pt);
end;

How can I set the font to Times New Roman, or Arial, etc, instead of sans-serif?

Where can I find a list of available fonts?

And how do I apply the new style to the plot?

Could someone give an example (as easy as possible)?

Re: How to change font in a plot

djrisks — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:09:45 GMT

Hello,

Below is an example of how to use different fonts. GraphLabelFont controls the axis labels and the legend label. GraphValueFont controls the axis tick values, and the values within the legend. Also, make sure that you actually look at the graph file that is being outputted, i.e. the .PNG file on your C drive.


proc template;
  define style styles.new_font;
  parent = styles.default;
  class GraphFonts
      "Fonts used in graph styles" /
      'GraphValueFont' = ("Arial",9pt)
      'GraphLabelFont' = ("Times New Roman Uni",10pt,
      bold);
  end;
run;


ods listing style = styles.new_font gpath = "C:\graph";
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
  scatter x=height y=weight / group=sex;
run;

Re: How to change font in a plot

djrisks — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:20:32 GMT

Also, this link can show you how to find which fonts are available:

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/graphref/n0840ghr9b9y3bn0zphem54hvgbt.htm

Re: How to change font in a plot

GraphGuy — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:47:38 GMT

Another option would be to use the older SAS/Graph proc gplot, where you can control the text font with "goptions ftext=".

Re: How to change font in a plot

marta25 — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:02:02 GMT

Thanks, this is nice, however now the background fill of the plot is grey. How do I change this to white/transparent?

Re: How to change font in a plot

djrisks — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:00:43 GMT

You're welcome. You can add the GraphBackground class to change the fill color from grey to white, as seen below.


proc template;
  define style styles.new_font;
  parent = styles.default;

  class GraphBackground /
      color = white;

  class GraphFonts
      "Fonts used in graph styles" /
      'GraphValueFont' = ("Arial",9pt)
      'GraphLabelFont' = ("Times New Roman Uni",10pt,
      bold);
  end;
run;


ods listing style = styles.new_font gpath = "C:\graph";
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
  scatter x=height y=weight / group=sex;
run;