.. _pylab_examples-text_handles: pylab_examples example code: text_handles.py ============================================ .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/text_handles.py :: """ 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! """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def f(t): s1 = np.sin(2*np.pi*t) e1 = np.exp(-t) return np.multiply(s1, e1) t1 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1) t2 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02) fig, ax = plt.subplots() plt.plot(t1, f(t1), 'bo', t2, f(t2), 'k') plt.text(3.0, 0.6, 'f(t) = exp(-t) sin(2 pi t)') ttext = plt.title('Fun with text!') ytext = plt.ylabel('Damped oscillation') xtext = plt.xlabel('time (s)') plt.setp(ttext, size='large', color='r', style='italic') plt.setp(xtext, size='medium', name=['Courier', 'DejaVu Sans Mono'], weight='bold', color='g') plt.setp(ytext, size='medium', name=['Helvetica', 'DejaVu Sans'], weight='light', color='b') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)