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        "\n# Custom Figure subclasses\n\nYou can pass a `.Figure` subclass to `.pyplot.figure` if you want to change\nthe default behavior of the figure.\n\nThis example defines a `.Figure` subclass ``WatermarkFigure`` that accepts an\nadditional parameter ``watermark`` to display a custom watermark text. The\nfigure is created using the ``FigureClass`` parameter of `.pyplot.figure`.\nThe additional ``watermark`` parameter is passed on to the subclass\nconstructor.\n"
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        "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np\n\nfrom matplotlib.figure import Figure\n\n\nclass WatermarkFigure(Figure):\n    \"\"\"A figure with a text watermark.\"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, *args, watermark=None, **kwargs):\n        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)\n\n        if watermark is not None:\n            bbox = dict(boxstyle='square', lw=3, ec='gray',\n                        fc=(0.9, 0.9, .9, .5), alpha=0.5)\n            self.text(0.5, 0.5, watermark,\n                      ha='center', va='center', rotation=30,\n                      fontsize=40, color='gray', alpha=0.5, bbox=bbox)\n\n\nx = np.linspace(-3, 3, 201)\ny = np.tanh(x) + 0.1 * np.cos(5 * x)\n\nplt.figure(FigureClass=WatermarkFigure, watermark='draft')\nplt.plot(x, y)"
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        ".. admonition:: References\n\n   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown\n   in this example:\n\n   - `matplotlib.pyplot.figure`\n   - `matplotlib.figure.Figure`\n   - `matplotlib.figure.Figure.text`\n\n.. tags::\n\n   component: figure\n   plot-type: line\n   level: intermediate\n   purpose: showcase\n\n"
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