.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pyplots_fig_axes_customize_simple.py:


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Fig Axes Customize Simple
=========================




.. code-block:: python

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt







``plt.figure`` creates a ```matplotlib.figure.Figure`` instance



.. code-block:: python


    fig = plt.figure()
    rect = fig.patch # a rectangle instance
    rect.set_facecolor('lightgoldenrodyellow')

    ax1 = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4])
    rect = ax1.patch
    rect.set_facecolor('lightslategray')


    for label in ax1.xaxis.get_ticklabels():
        # label is a Text instance
        label.set_color('red')
        label.set_rotation(45)
        label.set_fontsize(16)

    for line in ax1.yaxis.get_ticklines():
        # line is a Line2D instance
        line.set_color('green')
        line.set_markersize(25)
        line.set_markeredgewidth(3)

    plt.show()



.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_fig_axes_customize_simple_001.png
    :align: center




**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.024 seconds)



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