.. _pylab_examples-text_handles: pylab_examples example code: text_handles.py ============================================ .. plot:: /home/mdboom/Work/builds/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/text_handles.py :: #!/usr/bin/env python #Controlling the properties of axis text using handles # See examples/text_themes.py for a more elegant, pythonic way to control # fonts. After all, if we were slaves to MATLAB , we wouldn't be # using python! from pylab import * def f(t): s1 = sin(2*pi*t) e1 = exp(-t) return multiply(s1,e1) t1 = arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1) t2 = arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02) subplot(111) plot(t1, f(t1), 'bo', t2, f(t2), 'k') text(3.0, 0.6, 'f(t) = exp(-t) sin(2 pi t)') ttext = title('Fun with text!') ytext = ylabel('Damped oscillation') xtext = xlabel('time (s)') setp(ttext, size='large', color='r', style='italic') setp(xtext, size='medium', name='courier', weight='bold', color='g') setp(ytext, size='medium', name='helvetica', weight='light', color='b') show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)