.. _sphx_glr_gallery_api_mathtext_asarray.py:


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A mathtext image as numpy array
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Make images from LaTeX strings.




.. image:: /gallery/api/images/sphx_glr_mathtext_asarray_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib.mathtext as mathtext
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.rc('image', origin='upper')

    parser = mathtext.MathTextParser("Bitmap")
    parser.to_png('test2.png',
                  r'$\left[\left\lfloor\frac{5}{\frac{\left(3\right)}{4}} '
                  r'y\right)\right]$', color='green', fontsize=14, dpi=100)

    rgba1, depth1 = parser.to_rgba(
        r'IQ: $\sigma_i=15$', color='blue', fontsize=20, dpi=200)
    rgba2, depth2 = parser.to_rgba(
        r'some other string', color='red', fontsize=20, dpi=200)

    fig = plt.figure()
    fig.figimage(rgba1.astype(float)/255., 100, 100)
    fig.figimage(rgba2.astype(float)/255., 100, 300)

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.437 seconds)



.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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


.. only:: html

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

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