How would I get a Bold font type in the annotate!() function using Plots with the GR backend?

using Plots gr() plot(sin) str = "I am bold" annotate!(0, 0, (str, "Helvetica Bold")) [myplot]

MWE: using LaTeXStrings, Plots; gr() plot(sin) str = "I\\ am\\ bold" annotate!(0, 0, L"\textbf{%$str}") [Plots_gr_annotate_bold_LaTeXStrings]

Thanks. I tried to avoid LaTeXStrings. Is there a way to use the default GR sans serif font with LaTeXStrings? Is there a way around this?

You could use bold Unicode characters, if your font supports them: julia> boldstring(s::AbstractString) = map(c -> 'a' ≤ c ≤ 'z' ? c + ('𝐚'-'a') : 'A' ≤ c ≤ 'Z' ? c + ('𝐀'-'A') : c, s) boldstring (generic function with 1 method) julia> boldstring("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.") "𝐓…

[image] met-j: I tried to avoid LaTeXStrings This is Plots’ best friend. For consistency, you should use fontfamily = "Computer Modern"

Excellent. Here is the list of GR bold fonts for reference .

Thank you all for the different takes on the topic.

How to typeset in bold letters with `annotate!()` using Plots

General Usage

rafael.guerra February 23, 2022, 7:09am 2

Have you tried using bold LaTeXStrings?
Similarly to this example.

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How to typeset in bold letters with `annotate!()` using Plots

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