.. _pylab_examples-fonts_demo:

pylab_examples example code: fonts_demo.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/fonts_demo.py

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    """
    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
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    plt.subplot(111, facecolor='w')
    
    font0 = FontProperties()
    alignment = {'horizontalalignment': 'center', 'verticalalignment': 'baseline'}
    # Show family options
    
    families = ['serif', 'sans-serif', 'cursive', 'fantasy', 'monospace']
    
    font1 = font0.copy()
    font1.set_size('large')
    
    t = plt.text(-0.8, 0.9, 'family', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)
    
    yp = [0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2]
    
    for k, family in enumerate(families):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family(family)
        t = plt.text(-0.8, yp[k], family, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)
    
    # Show style options
    
    styles = ['normal', 'italic', 'oblique']
    
    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.9, 'style', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)
    
    for k, style in enumerate(styles):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family('sans-serif')
        font.set_style(style)
        t = plt.text(-0.4, yp[k], style, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)
    
    # Show variant options
    
    variants = ['normal', 'small-caps']
    
    t = plt.text(0.0, 0.9, 'variant', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)
    
    for k, variant in enumerate(variants):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family('serif')
        font.set_variant(variant)
        t = plt.text(0.0, yp[k], variant, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)
    
    # Show weight options
    
    weights = ['light', 'normal', 'medium', 'semibold', 'bold', 'heavy', 'black']
    
    t = plt.text(0.4, 0.9, 'weight', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)
    
    for k, weight in enumerate(weights):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_weight(weight)
        t = plt.text(0.4, yp[k], weight, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)
    
    # Show size options
    
    sizes = ['xx-small', 'x-small', 'small', 'medium', 'large',
             'x-large', 'xx-large']
    
    t = plt.text(0.8, 0.9, 'size', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)
    
    for k, size in enumerate(sizes):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_size(size)
        t = plt.text(0.8, yp[k], size, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)
    
    # Show bold italic
    
    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('x-small')
    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.1, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('medium')
    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.2, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('x-large')
    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.3, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    plt.axis([-1, 1, 0, 1])
    
    plt.show()
    

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