.. _text_labels_and_annotations-text_demo_fontdict: text_labels_and_annotations example code: text_demo_fontdict.py =============================================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/text_labels_and_annotations/text_demo_fontdict.py :: """ Demo using fontdict to control style of text and labels. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt font = {'family': 'serif', 'color': 'darkred', 'weight': 'normal', 'size': 16, } x = np.linspace(0.0, 5.0, 100) y = np.cos(2*np.pi*x) * np.exp(-x) plt.plot(x, y, 'k') plt.title('Damped exponential decay', fontdict=font) plt.text(2, 0.65, r'$\cos(2 \pi t) \exp(-t)$', fontdict=font) plt.xlabel('time (s)', fontdict=font) plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)', fontdict=font) # Tweak spacing to prevent clipping of ylabel plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.15) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)