MATLAB: Plot font differences between 2014a and b

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I use 2014b currently, but I prefer 2014a font and line width settings. Is there any function to change the font and line width to 2014a setting?

Probably this is what you want:

set(gcf, 'GraphicsSmoothing','off')

Did you enable the box?

set(gca, 'Box', 'on')

There is a limitation with bitmap fonts in connection with the ZBUFFER and OPENGL renderer. Bitmap fonts can not be rotated.

As a workaround you may select another font or the OPENGL renderer:

set(gcf,'renderer','painters')
zlabel('z','FontName', 'Helvetica')