.. _pylab_examples-fonts_demo: pylab_examples example code: fonts_demo.py ========================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/fonts_demo.py :: #!/usr/bin/env python """ Show how to set custom font properties. For interactive users, you can also use kwargs to the text command, which requires less typing. See examples/fonts_demo_kw.py """ from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties from pylab import * subplot(111, axisbg='w') font0 = FontProperties() alignment = {'horizontalalignment':'center', 'verticalalignment':'baseline'} ### Show family options family = ['serif', 'sans-serif', 'cursive', 'fantasy', 'monospace'] font1 = font0.copy() font1.set_size('large') t = text(-0.8, 0.9, 'family', fontproperties=font1, **alignment) yp = [0.7, 0.5, 0.3, 0.1, -0.1, -0.3, -0.5] for k in range(5): font = font0.copy() font.set_family(family[k]) if k == 2: font.set_name('Script MT') t = text(-0.8, yp[k], family[k], fontproperties=font, **alignment) ### Show style options style = ['normal', 'italic', 'oblique'] t = text(-0.4, 0.9, 'style', fontproperties=font1, **alignment) for k in range(3): font = font0.copy() font.set_family('sans-serif') font.set_style(style[k]) t = text(-0.4, yp[k], style[k], fontproperties=font, **alignment) ### Show variant options variant= ['normal', 'small-caps'] t = text(0.0, 0.9, 'variant', fontproperties=font1, **alignment) for k in range(2): font = font0.copy() font.set_family('serif') font.set_variant(variant[k]) t = text( 0.0, yp[k], variant[k], fontproperties=font, **alignment) ### Show weight options weight = ['light', 'normal', 'medium', 'semibold', 'bold', 'heavy', 'black'] t = text( 0.4, 0.9, 'weight', fontproperties=font1, **alignment) for k in range(7): font = font0.copy() font.set_weight(weight[k]) t = text( 0.4, yp[k], weight[k], fontproperties=font, **alignment) ### Show size options size = ['xx-small', 'x-small', 'small', 'medium', 'large', 'x-large', 'xx-large'] t = text( 0.8, 0.9, 'size', fontproperties=font1, **alignment) for k in range(7): font = font0.copy() font.set_size(size[k]) t = text( 0.8, yp[k], size[k], fontproperties=font, **alignment) ### Show bold italic font = font0.copy() font.set_style('italic') font.set_weight('bold') font.set_size('x-small') t = text(0, 0.1, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font, **alignment) font = font0.copy() font.set_style('italic') font.set_weight('bold') font.set_size('medium') t = text(0, 0.2, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font, **alignment) font = font0.copy() font.set_style('italic') font.set_weight('bold') font.set_size('x-large') t = text(0, 0.3, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font, **alignment) axis([-1,1,0,1]) show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)