% The following example shows how to control the figure sizes and fontsizes of the figures saved by matlab. As a result, the saved figures, when opend else where, will look exactly like they appeared on your screen when first generated in matlab.
figure_width = 8.4; %cm
figure_hight = 15; %cm
figure('NumberTitle','off','name', 'figure_size_control', 'units', 'centimeters', 'color','w', 'position', [0, 0, figure_width, figure_hight], 'PaperSize', [figure_width, figure_hight]); % this is the trick!
plot(1:10)
text(2.5,2,{'The figure size should',' be 8.4 by 15 cm'})
set(gca,'FontSize', 20); % 6 points for x-axis tickmark labels
xlabel('30 point label', 'fontsize', 30 ); % this must be after the above line!
set(gcf, 'PaperPositionMode', 'auto'); % this is the trick!
print -depsc figure_size_control % this is the trick!!
