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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Allow setting figure label size and weight globally and separately from title
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The figure labels, ``Figure.supxlabel`` and ``Figure.supylabel``, size and
+weight can be set separately from the figure title. Use :rc:`figure.labelsize`
+and :rc:`figure.labelweight`.
+
+Note that if you have locally changed :rc:`figure.titlesize` or
+:rc:`figure.titleweight`, you must now also change the introduced parameters
+for a consistent result.
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ def _suplabels(self, t, info, **kwargs):
         verticalalignment, va : {'top', 'center', 'bottom', 'baseline'}, \
 default: %(va)s
             The vertical alignment of the text relative to (*x*, *y*).
-        fontsize, size : default: :rc:`figure.titlesize`
+        fontsize, size : default: :rc:`figure.%(rc)ssize`
             The font size of the text. See `.Text.set_size` for possible
             values.
-        fontweight, weight : default: :rc:`figure.titleweight`
+        fontweight, weight : default: :rc:`figure.%(rc)sweight`
             The font weight of the text. See `.Text.set_weight` for possible
             values.
 
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ def _suplabels(self, t, info, **kwargs):
         fontproperties : None or dict, optional
             A dict of font properties. If *fontproperties* is given the
             default values for font size and weight are taken from the
-            `.FontProperties` defaults. :rc:`figure.titlesize` and
-            :rc:`figure.titleweight` are ignored in this case.
+            `.FontProperties` defaults. :rc:`figure.%(rc)ssize` and
+            :rc:`figure.%(rc)sweight` are ignored in this case.
 
         **kwargs
             Additional kwargs are `matplotlib.text.Text` properties.
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ def _suplabels(self, t, info, **kwargs):
 
         if 'fontproperties' not in kwargs:
             if 'fontsize' not in kwargs and 'size' not in kwargs:
-                kwargs['size'] = mpl.rcParams['figure.titlesize']
+                kwargs['size'] = mpl.rcParams[info['size']]
             if 'fontweight' not in kwargs and 'weight' not in kwargs:
-                kwargs['weight'] = mpl.rcParams['figure.titleweight']
+                kwargs['weight'] = mpl.rcParams[info['weight']]
 
         sup = self.text(x, y, t, **kwargs)
         if suplab is not None:
@@ -378,31 +378,34 @@ def _suplabels(self, t, info, **kwargs):
         return suplab
 
     @_docstring.Substitution(x0=0.5, y0=0.98, name='suptitle', ha='center',
-                             va='top')
+                             va='top', rc='title')
     @_docstring.copy(_suplabels)
     def suptitle(self, t, **kwargs):
         # docstring from _suplabels...
         info = {'name': '_suptitle', 'x0': 0.5, 'y0': 0.98,
-                'ha': 'center', 'va': 'top', 'rotation': 0}
+                'ha': 'center', 'va': 'top', 'rotation': 0,
+                'size': 'figure.titlesize', 'weight': 'figure.titleweight'}
         return self._suplabels(t, info, **kwargs)
 
     @_docstring.Substitution(x0=0.5, y0=0.01, name='supxlabel', ha='center',
-                             va='bottom')
+                             va='bottom', rc='label')
     @_docstring.copy(_suplabels)
     def supxlabel(self, t, **kwargs):
         # docstring from _suplabels...
         info = {'name': '_supxlabel', 'x0': 0.5, 'y0': 0.01,
-                'ha': 'center', 'va': 'bottom', 'rotation': 0}
+                'ha': 'center', 'va': 'bottom', 'rotation': 0,
+                'size': 'figure.labelsize', 'weight': 'figure.labelweight'}
         return self._suplabels(t, info, **kwargs)
 
     @_docstring.Substitution(x0=0.02, y0=0.5, name='supylabel', ha='left',
-                             va='center')
+                             va='center', rc='label')
     @_docstring.copy(_suplabels)
     def supylabel(self, t, **kwargs):
         # docstring from _suplabels...
         info = {'name': '_supylabel', 'x0': 0.02, 'y0': 0.5,
                 'ha': 'left', 'va': 'center', 'rotation': 'vertical',
-                'rotation_mode': 'anchor'}
+                'rotation_mode': 'anchor', 'size': 'figure.labelsize',
+                'weight': 'figure.labelweight'}
         return self._suplabels(t, info, **kwargs)
 
     def get_edgecolor(self):
 
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@
 ## See https://matplotlib.org/api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure
 #figure.titlesize:   large     # size of the figure title (``Figure.suptitle()``)
 #figure.titleweight: normal    # weight of the figure title
+#figure.labelsize:   large     # size of the figure label (``Figure.sup[x|y]label()``)
+#figure.labelweight: normal    # weight of the figure label
 #figure.figsize:     6.4, 4.8  # figure size in inches
 #figure.dpi:         100       # figure dots per inch
 #figure.facecolor:   white     # figure face color
 
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ legend.edgecolor     : inherit   # legend edge color (when 'inherit' uses axes.e
 # See https://matplotlib.org/api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure
 figure.titlesize : medium     # size of the figure title
 figure.titleweight : normal   # weight of the figure title
+figure.labelsize:   medium    # size of the figure label
+figure.labelweight: normal    # weight of the figure label
 figure.figsize   : 8, 6    # figure size in inches
 figure.dpi       : 80      # figure dots per inch
 figure.facecolor : 0.75    # figure facecolor; 0.75 is scalar gray
 
@@ -1132,6 +1132,10 @@ def _convert_validator_spec(key, conv):
     "figure.titlesize":   validate_fontsize,
     "figure.titleweight": validate_fontweight,
 
+    # figure labels
+    "figure.labelsize":   validate_fontsize,
+    "figure.labelweight": validate_fontweight,
+
     # figure size in inches: width by height
     "figure.figsize":          _listify_validator(validate_float, n=2),
     "figure.dpi":              validate_float,
 
@@ -1358,6 +1358,20 @@ def test_kwargs_pass():
     assert sub_fig.get_label() == 'sub figure'
 
 
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=["png"])
+def test_rcparams(fig_test, fig_ref):
+    fig_ref.supxlabel("xlabel", weight='bold', size=15)
+    fig_ref.supylabel("ylabel", weight='bold', size=15)
+    fig_ref.suptitle("Title", weight='light', size=20)
+    with mpl.rc_context({'figure.labelweight': 'bold',
+                         'figure.labelsize': 15,
+                         'figure.titleweight': 'light',
+                         'figure.titlesize': 20}):
+        fig_test.supxlabel("xlabel")
+        fig_test.supylabel("ylabel")
+        fig_test.suptitle("Title")
+
+
 def test_deepcopy():
     fig1, ax = plt.subplots()
     ax.plot([0, 1], [2, 3])