Change the font size or font name (family) of ticks in Matplotlib

You can change the fontsize of x and y ticks in a bar chart by using xticks() and yticks().

from matplotlib import pyplot

x = ['Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
y = [26, 31, 19]

pyplot.bar(x, y)

pyplot.xticks(fontsize=22)
pyplot.yticks(fontsize=45)

pyplot.savefig('fontsize.jpg')

Change the font family

Font family can be also changed by setting the fontname option.

from matplotlib import pyplot

x = ['Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
y = [26, 31, 19]

pyplot.bar(x, y)

pyplot.xticks(fontsize=22, fontname='Georgia')
pyplot.yticks(fontsize=45)

pyplot.savefig('fontname.jpg')

Change the color

from matplotlib import pyplot

x = ['Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun']
y = [26, 31, 19]

pyplot.plot(x, y)

pyplot.xticks(fontsize=16, fontname='Georgia')
pyplot.yticks(fontsize=20, color='#e63a2e')

pyplot.savefig('color.jpg')