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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Doc]: Clarification of relative font sizes","articleBody":"### Documentation Link\n\nhttps://matplotlib.org/devdocs/users/explain/text/text_props.html\n\n### Problem\n\n* The fontsize property mentions relative sizes (\"e.g., 'smaller', 'x-large'\"), but no full list of supported values or how they scale the default font size.\n* Relatedly, I find it confusing that `smaller`/`larger` exist when they are the same value as `small`/`large`.\n\n### Suggested improvement\n\n* Add a table or paragraph describing allowable relative font size strings and their scaling factor. They are defined here: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/1c3e0438cb890fe12e91c73b3782cae3b87060a5/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py#L55-L66\n* Deprecate `smaller`/`larger` in favor of `small`/`large`. It seems that they are a relic from pre-2007 when they were the only two supported relative sizes (see https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/commit/ac5f19829d61f80a0987ee9089c1ff940f61378f).","author":{"url":"https://github.com/DominikStiller","@type":"Person","name":"DominikStiller"},"datePublished":"2025-08-16T18:45:21.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/30437/matplotlib/issues/30437"}