Hello,
documentation [0] says Ticks has the following defaults: text_defaults,
tick_start, tick_end, minitick_start, minitick_end, text_start, text_angle.
[0]: http://code.google.com/p/svgfig/wiki/ClassTicks
However:
>>> from svgfig import *
>>> Ticks.defaults
{'stroke-width': '0.25pt'}
>>>
Am I doing something totally wrong? :-)