.. only:: html
.. 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_text_fontdict.py:
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Controlling style of text and labels using a dictionary
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This example shows how to share parameters across many text objects and labels
by creating a dictionary of options passed across several functions.
.. image:: /gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/images/sphx_glr_text_fontdict_001.png
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
.. code-block:: default
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
font = {'family': 'serif',
'color': 'darkred',
'weight': 'normal',
'size': 16,
}
x = np.linspace(0.0, 5.0, 100)
y = np.cos(2*np.pi*x) * np.exp(-x)
plt.plot(x, y, 'k')
plt.title('Damped exponential decay', fontdict=font)
plt.text(2, 0.65, r'$\cos(2 \pi t) \exp(-t)$', fontdict=font)
plt.xlabel('time (s)', fontdict=font)
plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)', fontdict=font)
# Tweak spacing to prevent clipping of ylabel
plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.15)
plt.show()
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_text_fontdict.py:
.. only :: html
.. container:: sphx-glr-footer
:class: sphx-glr-footer-example
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: text_fontdict.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: text_fontdict.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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