.. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_figure_title.py:


============
Figure Title
============

Create a figure with separate subplot titles and a centered figure title.




.. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_figure_title_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np


    def f(t):
        s1 = np.cos(2*np.pi*t)
        e1 = np.exp(-t)
        return s1 * e1

    t1 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1)
    t2 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02)
    t3 = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)


    plt.subplot(121)
    plt.plot(t1, f(t1), 'o', t2, f(t2), '-')
    plt.title('subplot 1')
    plt.ylabel('Damped oscillation')
    plt.suptitle('This is a somewhat long figure title', fontsize=16)


    plt.subplot(122)
    plt.plot(t3, np.cos(2*np.pi*t3), '--')
    plt.xlabel('time (s)')
    plt.title('subplot 2')
    plt.ylabel('Undamped')

    plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.2, wspace=0.8, top=0.8)

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.036 seconds)



.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: figure_title.py <figure_title.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: figure_title.ipynb <figure_title.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_