diff --git a/Examples/Markers/plot_fonts_and_labels.py b/Examples/Markers/plot_fonts_and_labels.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e10018e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/Markers/plot_fonts_and_labels.py
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+"""
+Fonts and Labels
+================
+
+All text in anyplotlib — titles, axis labels, the colorbar label and
+``texts`` markers — is drawn straight onto the canvas.  Sizes are CSS
+pixels, and strings may use a small TeX subset inside ``$...$``.
+
+This example walks through the options for text markers added with
+:meth:`~anyplotlib.plot2d.Plot2D.add_texts`: size, weight, outline,
+rotation, anchor alignment and math, plus the panel's own labels.
+"""
+import numpy as np
+import anyplotlib as apl
+
+rng = np.random.default_rng(11)
+# A busy, non-square image: 180 rows x 260 columns.
+data = rng.standard_normal((180, 260)).cumsum(0).cumsum(1)
+data = (data - data.min()) / np.ptp(data)
+# Calibrated axes so the panel shows ticks and axis labels.  Marker offsets
+# below stay in image pixels (column, row).
+x_nm = np.arange(260) * 0.05
+y_nm = np.arange(180) * 0.05
+
+
+def panel(title):
+    fig, ax = apl.subplots(1, 1, figsize=(560, 420))
+    plot = ax.imshow(data, axes=[x_nm, y_nm], units="nm", cmap="gray")
+    plot.set_title(title, fontsize=14)
+    return fig, plot
+
+
+# %%
+# Panel labels
+# ------------
+# Titles, axis labels and the colorbar label take an optional ``fontsize``
+# and the same ``$...$`` markup as text markers.
+
+fig, v = panel(r"Panel labels: $\lambda$ = 2.5 $\AA$")
+v.set_xlabel(r"$x$ (nm)", fontsize=13)
+v.set_ylabel(r"$y$ (nm)", fontsize=13)
+v.set_colorbar_visible(True)
+v.set_colorbar_label(r"Intensity ($\times 10^{3}$)", fontsize=11)
+v.set_tick_label_size(11)
+fig
+
+# %%
+# Size and weight
+# ---------------
+# ``fontsize`` and ``fontweight`` apply to the whole group, so labels that
+# differ in either go in separate groups.
+
+fig, v = panel("Size and weight")
+for i, (size, weight) in enumerate([(12, "normal"), (16, "normal"),
+                                    (16, "bold"), (24, "bold")]):
+    v.add_texts([[12, 20 + 38 * i]], [f"{size} px {weight}"],
+                name=f"size{i}", color="#ffeb3b",
+                fontsize=size, fontweight=weight)
+fig
+
+# %%
+# Outline for legibility
+# ----------------------
+# Over a busy image a label can vanish into the background.  An
+# ``outline_color`` strokes a halo under the fill; ``outline_width`` sets
+# its thickness in pixels.
+
+fig, v = panel("Outline (halo)")
+v.add_texts([[12, 40]], ["no outline"], name="plain",
+            color="#ffffff", fontsize=20, fontweight="bold")
+v.add_texts([[12, 100]], ["outline_color='black'"], name="halo",
+            color="#ffffff", fontsize=20, fontweight="bold",
+            outline_color="#000000", outline_width=4)
+fig
+
+# %%
+# Rotation
+# --------
+# ``rotation`` is in **radians** (matplotlib's ``TextCollection``
+# convention) and turns the label counter-clockwise about its anchor point.
+
+fig, v = panel("Rotation about the anchor")
+anchor = [40, 165]
+v.add_points([anchor], name="anchor", sizes=4, color="#ff1744",
+             facecolors="#ff1744")
+for deg in (0, 45, 90):
+    # Leading spaces push the text off the anchor dot.
+    v.add_texts([anchor], [f"   rotation = {deg}\N{DEGREE SIGN}"],
+                name=f"rot{deg}", color="#00e5ff", fontsize=16,
+                outline_color="#000000", rotation=np.deg2rad(deg),
+                verticalalignment="center")
+fig
+
+# %%
+# Alignment
+# ---------
+# ``horizontalalignment`` (``"left"``, ``"center"``, ``"right"``) and
+# ``verticalalignment`` (``"top"``, ``"center"``, ``"bottom"``,
+# ``"baseline"``) choose which point of the text sits on the anchor.  The
+# defaults, ``"left"`` and ``"top"``, hang the label below and to the right.
+
+fig, v = panel("horizontal / vertical alignment")
+cols = {"left": 45, "center": 130, "right": 215}
+rows = {"top": 40, "center": 90, "bottom": 140}
+for ha, x in cols.items():
+    for va, y in rows.items():
+        v.add_points([[x, y]], name=f"pt-{ha}-{va}", sizes=3,
+                     color="#ff1744", facecolors="#ff1744")
+        v.add_texts([[x, y]], [f"{ha}/{va}"], name=f"txt-{ha}-{va}",
+                    color="#ffeb3b", fontsize=13, outline_color="#000000",
+                    horizontalalignment=ha, verticalalignment=va)
+fig
+
+# %%
+# Math in labels
+# --------------
+# Text with an even number of ``$`` signs is typeset: superscripts,
+# subscripts, Greek letters and ``\mathrm{}`` for upright text.  Weight and
+# outline still apply.  As in matplotlib, a string with a single (odd)
+# ``$`` is plain text, so prices and shell prompts draw as written.
+
+fig, v = panel("TeX in text markers")
+v.add_texts([[12, 25]], [r"$\mathrm{Fe} K_{\alpha}$ edge"], name="edge",
+            color="#ffeb3b", fontsize=18, outline_color="#000000")
+v.add_texts([[12, 65]], [r"$\sigma$ = $10^{-3}$ nm$^{-1}$"],
+            name="sigma", color="#ffeb3b", fontsize=18, fontweight="bold",
+            outline_color="#000000")
+v.add_texts([[12, 105]], [r"$\Delta E \approx$ 1.2 eV"],
+            name="delta", color="#00e5ff", fontsize=18,
+            outline_color="#000000")
+v.add_texts([[12, 145]], ["Plain text: $5 each"], name="plain",
+            color="#ffffff", fontsize=16, outline_color="#000000")
+fig
+
+# %%
+# Live update
+# -----------
+# Every option can change after the label is drawn with ``set(...)``.
+
+v.markers["texts"]["edge"].set(fontsize=22, fontweight="bold",
+                               rotation=np.deg2rad(-8))
+fig
diff --git a/anyplotlib/figure_esm.js b/anyplotlib/figure_esm.js
index 9dd11b84b..932303295 100644
--- a/anyplotlib/figure_esm.js
+++ b/anyplotlib/figure_esm.js
@@ -137,19 +137,27 @@ function render({ model, el, onResize, onReadout }) {
     ctx.strokeStyle=ms.outline_color; ctx.lineWidth=ow; ctx.lineJoin='round';
     return true;
   }
+  // matplotlib's cbook.is_math_text: a string is math only when it holds an
+  // even, non-zero number of unescaped dollars, so "Cost $5" stays literal.
+  function _isMathText(s) {
+    const n = (s.match(/\$/g) || []).length - (s.match(/\\\$/g) || []).length;
+    return n > 0 && n % 2 === 0;
+  }
   function _drawMarkerText(ctx, ms, s, x, y, outlined) {
     // Anchor at the offset point first, then rotate about it (matplotlib
     // semantics: a positive rotation reads counter-clockwise).  Canvas's
     // y axis points down, so the sign flips.
     const rot = ms.rotation || 0;
     if (rot) { ctx.save(); ctx.translate(x, y); ctx.rotate(-rot); x = 0; y = 0; }
-    if (s.indexOf('$') === -1) {
+    if (!_isMathText(s)) {
       if(outlined) ctx.strokeText(s, x, y);
       ctx.fillText(s, x, y);
     } else {
       // $...$ markup typesets through the axis-label TeX engine instead
-      // of showing raw dollars.
-      _drawTex(ctx, s, x, y, ms.fontsize||12, {align: ms.halign||'left', outlined});
+      // of showing raw dollars.  _drawTex rebuilds ctx.font, so the
+      // weight has to travel with it.
+      _drawTex(ctx, s, x, y, ms.fontsize||12,
+               {align: ms.halign||'left', weight: ms.fontweight||'', outlined});
     }
     if (rot) ctx.restore();
   }
diff --git a/anyplotlib/tests/test_markers/test_text_style.py b/anyplotlib/tests/test_markers/test_text_style.py
index 3942220c3..048dcbe96 100644
--- a/anyplotlib/tests/test_markers/test_text_style.py
+++ b/anyplotlib/tests/test_markers/test_text_style.py
@@ -209,3 +209,28 @@ def test_outline_draws_a_halo_in_its_own_colour(self, take_screenshot, make):
         assert _count(halo, RED) > 100, "no outline pixels on the canvas"
         # The fill sits on top of the stroke: the glyph body keeps its colour.
         assert _count(halo, BLUE) > 0.5 * _count(base, BLUE)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("make", [_plot2d, _plot1d])
+    def test_bold_survives_tex_typesetting(self, take_screenshot, make):
+        # _drawTex rebuilds the canvas font, so the marker's weight must be
+        # handed to it or math labels silently drop back to normal.
+        ink = {}
+        for weight in ("normal", "bold"):
+            fig, plot = make()
+            plot.add_texts(texts=[r"$\mathrm{WWWW}$"], color="#ff0000",
+                           fontsize=28, fontweight=weight, **_PLACE[make])
+            ink[weight] = _count(take_screenshot(fig), RED)
+        assert ink["normal"] > 0, "the label did not render"
+        assert ink["bold"] > ink["normal"] * 1.15, ink
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("text", ["$$$", "Cost $5"])
+    def test_odd_dollars_stay_literal(self, take_screenshot, text):
+        # Like matplotlib, an odd dollar count is plain text: the dollars
+        # are drawn, not swallowed as math delimiters.
+        ink = {}
+        for s in (text, text.replace("$", "")):
+            fig, plot = _plot2d()
+            plot.add_texts(texts=[s], color="#ff0000", fontsize=28,
+                           **_PLACE[_plot2d])
+            ink[s] = _count(take_screenshot(fig), RED)
+        assert ink[text] > ink[text.replace("$", "")] + 20, ink
diff --git a/upcoming_changes/+fonts-labels-example.doc.rst b/upcoming_changes/+fonts-labels-example.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..602cb0f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming_changes/+fonts-labels-example.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Added a *Fonts and Labels* gallery example covering text-marker size,
+weight, outline, rotation, alignment and ``$...$`` math, alongside the
+panel's own title and axis labels.