change font of histogram graph (proc univariate)

[James_Yu]

Hi every one, I'm trying to change the font of histogram graph (axis label, ticks label,...) in proc univariate (from standard font to "Courier New" for example).

I just search and find out that in histogram statement, there are options with font like "font=options" and "infont=options"

I try all these options but nothing happens.

So how can I change the font in  proc univariate?

Many thanks in advance

[ballardw]

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[James_Yu]

Sorry about my poor explanation,

"Nothing happens" is that even if I try to use "font=options", the standard font does not change

My code is something like that

ods graphics on /OUTPUTFMT=png;
ods select histogram;
Proc univariate data=WORK.MYEXCEL;
	Var AGEVAR;
	Histogram AGEVAR / kernel normal font="Courier New" infont="Courier New"
		odstitle="Distribution of Age (in year) at Screening" ;
	inset n mean median stddev / pos=ne;
Run;

It can run without any warning or error but the font is still the standard one

[Reeza]

FONT= option is for standard graphics - ie not ODS GRAPHICS.
It's under the section titled : Options for Traditional Graphics Output

Basically it's a historical option, you need to either modify the template or use SGPLOT instead to get around this easily

[James_Yu]

Thanks a lot for this information

[djrisks]

Hi @James_Yu,

Can you use the SGPLOT procedure to create your histogram? Because it's fairly simple to change the font there. For example:

proc sgplot data=sashelp.heart;
title "Cholesterol Distribution";
histogram cholesterol;
density cholesterol;
density cholesterol / type=kernel;
keylegend / location=inside position=topright;
xaxis label = "Cholesterol" labelattrs=(size=12 weight=bold family="Courier New");
run;

Otherwise if you want to use Proc Univariate, you will probably need to use a template to make the font change.

[James_Yu]

Thanks for the idea

But I still need some statistics in the graph that the proc univariate could provide such as in inset statement (n mean median stddev) and Mu/Sigma in the label of the density curves

How can I display these statistics in the graph with proc SGPLOT ?

Thanks in advance.

[djrisks]

It is actually possible to calculate those values, and add them to the data step, and then display those values with the INSET statement in Proc SGPLOT.
You're welcome.

[djrisks]

@James_Yu , here is a style which has been modified. You can use this style template to obtain the Courier New font, and you can make some more modifications. It probably will take a bit of trial and error for you to understand how each part affects the plot: 

Before the Proc Univariate statement you will need to use ODS LISTING STYLE = STYLES.NEW_STYLE, and you should look at the outputted image file (as opposed to the file in SAS), because the changes will be there.

proc template;
 define style styles.new_style;
  parent = styles.default;
  style GraphFonts from  GraphFonts
      /
      'NodeDetailFont' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",7pt)
      'NodeLinkLabelFont' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",9pt)
      'NodeInputLabelFont' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",9pt)
      'NodeLabelFont' = ("Courier New",9pt)
      'NodeTitleFont' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",9pt)
      'GraphDataFont' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",7pt)
      'GraphUnicodeFont' = ("Courier New",9pt)
      'GraphValueFont' = ("Courier New",9pt)
      'GraphLabel2Font' = ("Courier New",15pt)
      'GraphLabelFont' = ("Courier New",15pt,bold)
      'GraphFootnoteFont' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",10pt)
      'GraphTitleFont' = ("Courier New",11pt,bold)
      'GraphTitle1Font' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",14pt, bold)
      'GraphAnnoFont' = ("<sans-serif>, <MTsans-serif>",10pt);
  end;
run;

[James_Yu]

Thanks a lot for the solution.

I will test this style template to see that if it could help me to achieve my goal