.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_unicode_minus.py: ============= Unicode minus ============= You can use the proper typesetting `Unicode minus`__ or the ASCII hyphen for minus, which some people prefer. :rc:`axes.unicode_minus` controls the default behavior. __ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_and_minus_signs#Character_codes The default is to use the Unicode minus. .. image:: /gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/images/sphx_glr_unicode_minus_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import numpy as np import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) matplotlib.rcParams['axes.unicode_minus'] = False fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(10*np.random.randn(100), 10*np.random.randn(100), 'o') ax.set_title('Using hyphen instead of Unicode minus') plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_unicode_minus.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: unicode_minus.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: unicode_minus.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_