contourlabels in contour plot

Pasha Karami

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Feb 28, 2009, 6:41:01 AM2/28/09

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Hi,

I was wondering that in Mathematica 6 how can we define a specific size
and special font for the labels of a certain contour plot.
As we change the size of contourplot, the labels stay same size!

For example
ContourPlot[a+b,{a, 0, 4}, {b, 0, 1.3}, ColorFunction -> GrayLevel, Axes
-> True, \
AxesLabel -> {a, b}, LabelStyle ->
Directive[Black, Large,
Bold], ContourLabels -> Automatic, Frame -> False, PlotRange -> {16,
24}, Contours -> 10]
we always get one size for the contourlabels.

Thankyou in advance!
Pasha

Sjoerd C. de Vries

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Mar 1, 2009, 4:59:13 AM3/1/09

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Hi Pasha,

Your example didn't show any contours, but that's because you used an
incorrect PlotRange.

You can change the fontsize of the contour lables by adding the option
BaseStyle -> {FontSize -> 20}. You can change the size of the axis
labelling by replacing the directive Large with FontSize -> x, with x
the desired font size.

Cheers -- Sjoerd

Alexei Boulbitch

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Mar 3, 2009, 5:59:03 AM3/3/09

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Hi, Pasha,
try this:

ContourPlot[(a + b)^2, {a, 0, 4}, {b, 0, 1.3},

ColorFunction -> GrayLevel, Axes -> True, AxesLabel -> {a, b},
LabelStyle -> Directive[Black, Large, Bold],

ContourLabels -> (Text[Style[#3, 10], {#1, #2}] &), Frame -> False,

PlotRange -> {16, 24}, Contours -> 10]

Play with the figure 10 in ...Text[Style[#3, 10],... , it is your parameter.
Have success, Alexei

Hi,

I was wondering that in Mathematica 6 how can we define a specific size
and special font for the labels of a certain contour plot.
As we change the size of contourplot, the labels stay same size!

For example
ContourPlot[a+b,{a, 0, 4}, {b, 0, 1.3}, ColorFunction -> GrayLevel, Axes
-> True, \
AxesLabel -> {a, b}, LabelStyle ->
Directive[Black, Large,
Bold], ContourLabels -> Automatic, Frame -> False, PlotRange -> {16,
24}, Contours -> 10]
we always get one size for the contourlabels.

Thankyou in advance!
Pasha

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