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Usetex FonteffectsΒΆ

This script demonstrates that font effects specified in your pdftex.map are now supported in pdf usetex.

../../_images/sphx_glr_usetex_fonteffects_001.png
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
matplotlib.rc('text', usetex=True)


def setfont(font):
    return r'\font\a %s at 14pt\a ' % font


for y, font, text in zip(range(5),
                         ['ptmr8r', 'ptmri8r', 'ptmro8r',
                          'ptmr8rn', 'ptmrr8re'],
                         ['Nimbus Roman No9 L ' + x for x in
                          ['', 'Italics (real italics for comparison)',
                           '(slanted)', '(condensed)', '(extended)']]):
    plt.text(0, y, setfont(font) + text)

plt.ylim(-1, 5)
plt.xlim(-0.2, 0.6)
plt.setp(plt.gca(), frame_on=False, xticks=(), yticks=())
plt.title('Usetex font effects')
plt.savefig('usetex_fonteffects.pdf')

Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery