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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"ticklabels font using latex","articleBody":"I can not change the fontstyle of the ticklabels to \"sans-serif\" when using latex. \r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nimport numpy as np\r\nfrom matplotlib import rc\r\nrc('font',**{'family':'sans-serif','sans-serif':['Helvetica']})\r\nrc('text', usetex=True)\r\n\r\ndef xticklabels_example():\r\n    fig = plt.figure() \r\n    x = np.arange(20)\r\n    y1 = np.cos(x)\r\n    y2 = (x**2)\r\n    y3 = (x**3)\r\n    yn = (y1,y2,y3)\r\n    COLORS = ('b','g','k')\r\n    for i,y in enumerate(yn):\r\n        ax = fig.add_subplot(len(yn),1,i+1)\r\n        ax.plot(x, y, ls='solid', color=COLORS[i]) \r\n        if i != len(yn) - 1:\r\n            # all but last \r\n            ax.set_xticklabels( () )\r\n        else:\r\n            for tick in ax.xaxis.get_major_ticks():\r\n                tick.label.set_fontsize(14) \r\n                # specify integer or one of preset strings, e.g.\r\n                #tick.label.set_fontsize('x-small') \r\n                tick.label.set_rotation('vertical')\r\n    fig.suptitle('Matplotlib xticklabels Example')\r\n    plt.show()\r\n\r\nif __name__ == '__main__':\r\n    xticklabels_example()\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n  * Operating system: python 3.6 (itom 3.1.0, www.itom.rocks)\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 2.2.2\r\n  * Python version: 3.6\r\n\r\n![pltbug2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17592823/42379259-6ff2d8ac-812a-11e8-83e3-1c2df6c7d6f9.PNG)\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/photoniker","@type":"Person","name":"photoniker"},"datePublished":"2018-07-06T12:39:57.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":12},"url":"https://github.com/11586/matplotlib/issues/11586"}