Can you change font of labels in plotly sankey diagrams?

Question

I can't find a way to change the font size or colors of the labels (source and target names, not the title) in the Sankey diagram of plotly. Is this even possible?

In the example below: change font size of fe "Steam 8 MW"

import plotly.graph_objects as go

fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Sankey(
    valueformat = ".0f",
    valuesuffix = "MWh",
    node = dict(
      pad = 15,
      thickness = 15,
      line = dict(color = "black", width = 1),
      label = ["Steam 8 MW", "Raff 5 MW", "FAB 3 MW"],

      color = "blue"
    ),
    link = dict(
      source = [0, 0], 
      target = [1, 2], 
      value = [5, 3]
  ),
    
)

])

Can you edit the question to include an example of what you've tried so far? — Alexander L. Hayes, Nov 08 '22 at 21:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '22 at 00:37

You can change the font and size of the title font and the label font and size in the following ways I have addressed the issue in question based on the example in the reference. A reference on font settings can be found here.

import plotly.graph_objects as go

fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Sankey(
    node = dict(
      pad = 15,
      thickness = 20,
      line = dict(color = "black", width = 0.5),
      label = ["A1", "A2", "B1", "B2", "C1", "C2"],
      color = "blue",
    ),
    link = dict(
      source = [0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 3], # indices correspond to labels, eg A1, A2, A1, B1, ...
      target = [2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5],
      value = [8, 4, 2, 8, 4, 2]
  ))])


fig.update_layout(
    title_text="Basic Sankey Diagram",
    font_family="Courier New",
    font_color="blue",
    font_size=12,
    title_font_family="Times New Roman",
    title_font_color="red",
)

fig.show()

There is a faint glow around the text in the labels, is it possible to remove that? — ScipioAfricanus, Aug 18 '23 at 17:41
@ScipioAfricanus As far as I know, it cannot be done. You can use a dark theme if it bothers you.　[https://plotly.com/python/sankey-diagram/#style-sankey-diagram](https://plotly.com/python/sankey-diagram/#style-sankey-diagram) — r-beginners, Aug 19 '23 at 01:34

Can you change font of labels in plotly sankey diagrams?

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