Unfortunately, matlab's print function is flawed, as it is not able to embed fonts into eps or pdf files. The name 'Interpreter' is not an accessible property for an instance of class 'axes'. Regarding Matlab's Interpreter option, to the best of my knowledge it does not apply to all textual elements of a plot, like the axe labels: > plot(rand(10), '.') set(gca, 'Interpreter', 'latex') PS: Latin Modern is not exactly the same as Computer Modern, but they look alike and I wouldn't know how much they really differ. Set(gca, 'FontName', 'Latin Modern Roman', 'FontSize', 25) Ylabel('value', 'FontName', 'Latin Modern Roman', 'FontSize', 25) Xlabel('index', 'FontName', 'Latin Modern Roman', 'FontSize', 25) To get the latex font in your plots, simply execute: plot(rand(10), 'o') Of course, you can find them all via the fc-list command. I think these fonts are used when you call extrm (roman), extsf (serif), etc etc, in latex in mathmode. usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman7-italic.otf: Latin Modern Roman,LM Roman 7:style=7 Italic,Italicīetween the colon and the first comma it says Latin Modern Roman, which is the name of the Roman font of Latin Modern, there is also: usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman10-bold.otf: Latin Modern Roman,LM Roman 10:style=10 Bold,Bold You can find them all via: # fc-list | grep lmroman In ubuntu (and possibly other distro's) the latex font is called Latin Modern, or lm for short. However, linux's command fc-list lists all fonts on your system, I think they are all supported by Matlab.

Latin modern roman fonts