# Latex font for axis label

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-font-for-axis-label/80756>\
**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python\
**Created:** [December 7, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-font-for-axis-label/80756 "2023-12-07T14:49:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![acsarda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@acsarda](https://community.plotly.com/u/acsarda)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-font-for-axis-label/80756/1 "2023-12-07T14:49:49Z")

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Hi there.

I want to set the label of the axis using Latex font.:

```auto
fig.update_yaxes(
    title_text=r"Velocity $\left[\frac{m}{s} \right]$", row=2, col=1)

```

This does not work, it is only shown [m/s].  
I saw [the example on the website](https://plotly.com/python/LaTeX/), but I think my problem is different, I want text + math. Is this possible in plotly?

Also, I would like to control what Latex font family to use, [like in matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/text/usetex.html).

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![acsarda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@acsarda](https://community.plotly.com/u/acsarda)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/latex-font-for-axis-label/80756/2 "2023-12-07T15:24:50Z")

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Well, I just realize I can use the Latex \text command:

```auto
fig.update_yaxes(
    title_text=r"$\text{Velocity} \left[\frac{m}{s} \right]$", row=2, col=1)

```

but I still do not know how to control the Latex font.