.. _sphx_glr_gallery_units_annotate_with_units.py: ===================== Annotation with units ===================== The example illustrates how to create text and arrow annotations using a centimeter-scale plot. .. only:: builder_html This example requires :download:`basic_units.py ` .. image:: /gallery/units/images/sphx_glr_annotate_with_units_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from basic_units import cm fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.annotate("Note 01", [0.5*cm, 0.5*cm]) # xy and text both unitized ax.annotate('local max', xy=(3*cm, 1*cm), xycoords='data', xytext=(0.8*cm, 0.95*cm), textcoords='data', arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='top') # mixing units w/ nonunits ax.annotate('local max', xy=(3*cm, 1*cm), xycoords='data', xytext=(0.8, 0.95), textcoords='axes fraction', arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='top') ax.set_xlim(0*cm, 4*cm) ax.set_ylim(0*cm, 4*cm) plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.019 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: annotate_with_units.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: annotate_with_units.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_