MATLAB: Changing font size of all axes labels

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I often need to make pretty cumbersome plotting definitions in MATLAB, an example of which can be seen below
figure(1)
clf
subplot(221)
hold on
plot(z(1,:),...
    'LineWidth',2)
line([0,N], [R(1,1),R(1,1)],...
    'color','red','linestyle','--','LineWidth',2)
hold off
grid on
xlabel('$k$',...
    'interpreter','latex','fontsize',14)
ylabel('$h_1$',...
    'Interpreter','latex','FontSize',14)
legend({'closed loop','setpoint'},...
    'location','best','fontsize',14)
For simplicities sake I have only included one of four subplots. In these plots I end up writing 
'interpreter','latex'
and 
'fontsize',14
quite a lot. I am asking if there is a better way to do this given that the font size and interpreter type is the same for my xlabel, ylabel, and legend which it very often is for me.
I have seen some pages recommending I use something along the lines of 
set(gca,'fontsize',14)
But this doesnt work for the labels for me.
TLDR: What is a "good" coding style way of configuring the tedious plot options like font size and interpreter en masse.

Best Answer

Idea 1: put all shared name-value properties into a cell array
For sets of name-value pairs that will be assigned to several objects, you can group them into 1 variable and assign them like this. 
extraInputs = {'interpreter','latex','fontsize',14}; % name, value pairs
xlabel('$k$',extraInputs{:})
ylabel('$h_1$',extraInputs{:})
legend({'closed loop','setpoint'},extraInputs{:})
Idea 2: set the axis properties when possible
Axes do not have an interpreter property but you could avoid assigning font size (and other properties) to each axis label and legend by assigning those properties to the axes. 
set(gca,'fontsize',14)
xlabel('$k$','interpreter','latex')
ylabel('$h_1$','interpreter','latex')
legend({'closed loop','setpoint'},'interpreter','latex')
Idea 3: create a local function designed to produce formatted axes and labels
Lastly, if you're creating a bunch of subplots that all have the same set of properties, create a local function that creates subplots and assigns the formatted axis labels. 
figure('DefaultAxesFontSize',14)
clf
ax = newsubplot(221,'k','h_1'); 
plot(1:5,'LineWidth',2)
line([0,1], [1,2],'color','red','linestyle','--','LineWidth',2)
legend({'closed loop','setpoint'},'interpreter','latex')
function ax = newsubplot(position, xlab, ylab)
    % Creates new subplot in specified position on current figure
    % with xlab xlabel and ylab ylabel
    ax = subplot(position); 
    hold on
    set(ax,'FontSize',14) %and other properties
    xlabel(['$',xlab,'$'],'interpreter','latex')
    ylabel(['$',ylab,'$'],'interpreter','latex')
    grid on
end
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