.. _text_labels_and_annotations-autowrap_demo: text_labels_and_annotations example code: autowrap_demo.py ========================================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/text_labels_and_annotations/autowrap_demo.py :: """ ================== Auto-wrapping text ================== Matplotlib can wrap text automatically, but if it's too long, the text will be displayed slightly outside of the boundaries of the axis anyways. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() plt.axis([0, 10, 0, 10]) t = "This is a really long string that I'd rather have wrapped so that it"\ " doesn't go outside of the figure, but if it's long enough it will go"\ " off the top or bottom!" plt.text(4, 1, t, ha='left', rotation=15, wrap=True) plt.text(6, 5, t, ha='left', rotation=15, wrap=True) plt.text(5, 5, t, ha='right', rotation=-15, wrap=True) plt.text(5, 10, t, fontsize=18, style='oblique', ha='center', va='top', wrap=True) plt.text(3, 4, t, family='serif', style='italic', ha='right', wrap=True) plt.text(-1, 0, t, ha='left', rotation=-15, wrap=True) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)