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# Text Layout

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib.patches as patches

    # build a rectangle in axes coords
    left, width = .25, .5
    bottom, height = .25, .5
    right = left + width
    top = bottom + height

    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_axes([0,0,1,1])

    # axes coordinates are 0,0 is bottom left and 1,1 is upper right
    p = patches.Rectangle(
        (left, bottom), width, height,
        fill=False, transform=ax.transAxes, clip_on=False
        )

    ax.add_patch(p)

    ax.text(left, bottom, 'left top',
            horizontalalignment='left',
            verticalalignment='top',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(left, bottom, 'left bottom',
            horizontalalignment='left',
            verticalalignment='bottom',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(right, top, 'right bottom',
            horizontalalignment='right',
            verticalalignment='bottom',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(right, top, 'right top',
            horizontalalignment='right',
            verticalalignment='top',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(right, bottom, 'center top',
            horizontalalignment='center',
            verticalalignment='top',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(left, 0.5*(bottom+top), 'right center',
            horizontalalignment='right',
            verticalalignment='center',
            rotation='vertical',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(left, 0.5*(bottom+top), 'left center',
            horizontalalignment='left',
            verticalalignment='center',
            rotation='vertical',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(0.5*(left+right), 0.5*(bottom+top), 'middle',
            horizontalalignment='center',
            verticalalignment='center',
            fontsize=20, color='red',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(right, 0.5*(bottom+top), 'centered',
            horizontalalignment='center',
            verticalalignment='center',
            rotation='vertical',
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.text(left, top, 'rotated\nwith newlines',
            horizontalalignment='center',
            verticalalignment='center',
            rotation=45,
            transform=ax.transAxes)

    ax.set_axis_off()
    plt.show()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.022 seconds)

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