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<span id="sphx-glr-tutorials-text-text-props-py"></span><h1>Text properties and layout<a class="headerlink" href="#text-properties-and-layout" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h1>
<p>Controlling properties of text and its layout with Matplotlib.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.text.Text</span></code></a> instances have a variety of properties which can be
configured via keyword arguments to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_title.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_title" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_title"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_title</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set_xlabel</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">text</span></code></a>, etc.</p>
<table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 18%" />
<col style="width: 82%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Property</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Value Type</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>alpha</p></td>
<td><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.10)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>backgroundcolor</p></td>
<td><p>any matplotlib <a class="reference internal" href="../colors/colors.html"><span class="doc">color</span></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>bbox</p></td>
<td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Rectangle.html#matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" title="matplotlib.patches.Rectangle"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Rectangle</span></code></a> prop dict plus key <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'pad'</span></code> which is a pad in points</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>clip_box</p></td>
<td><p>a matplotlib.transform.Bbox instance</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>clip_on</p></td>
<td><p>bool</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>clip_path</p></td>
<td><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path" title="matplotlib.path.Path"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Path</span></code></a> instance and a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a> instance, a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Patch.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Patch</span></code></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>color</p></td>
<td><p>any matplotlib <a class="reference internal" href="../colors/colors.html"><span class="doc">color</span></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>family</p></td>
<td><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'serif'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'sans-serif'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'cursive'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'fantasy'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'monospace'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>fontproperties</p></td>
<td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/font_manager_api.html#matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties" title="matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FontProperties</span></code></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>horizontalalignment or ha</p></td>
<td><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'center'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'right'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'left'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>label</p></td>
<td><p>any string</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>linespacing</p></td>
<td><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.10)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>multialignment</p></td>
<td><p>[<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'left'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'right'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'center'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>name or fontname</p></td>
<td><p>string e.g., [<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Sans'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Courier'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'Helvetica'</span></code> ...]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>picker</p></td>
<td><p>[None|float|bool|callable]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>position</p></td>
<td><p>(x, y)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>rotation</p></td>
<td><p>[ angle in degrees | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'vertical'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'horizontal'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>size or fontsize</p></td>
<td><p>[ size in points | relative size, e.g., <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'smaller'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'x-large'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>style or fontstyle</p></td>
<td><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'normal'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'italic'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'oblique'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>text</p></td>
<td><p>string or anything printable with '%s' conversion</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>transform</p></td>
<td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a> subclass</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>variant</p></td>
<td><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'normal'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'small-caps'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>verticalalignment or va</p></td>
<td><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'center'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'top'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'bottom'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'baseline'</span></code> ]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>visible</p></td>
<td><p>bool</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>weight or fontweight</p></td>
<td><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'normal'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'bold'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'heavy'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'light'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'ultrabold'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'ultralight'</span></code>]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>x</p></td>
<td><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.10)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>y</p></td>
<td><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.10)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code></a></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>zorder</p></td>
<td><p>any number</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>You can lay out text with the alignment arguments
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">horizontalalignment</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">verticalalignment</span></code>, and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">multialignment</span></code>. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">horizontalalignment</span></code> controls whether the x
positional argument for the text indicates the left, center or right
side of the text bounding box. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">verticalalignment</span></code> controls whether
the y positional argument for the text indicates the bottom, center or
top side of the text bounding box. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">multialignment</span></code>, for newline
separated strings only, controls whether the different lines are left,
center or right justified. Here is an example which uses the
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.text.html#matplotlib.pyplot.text" title="matplotlib.pyplot.text"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">text()</span></code></a> command to show the various alignment
possibilities. The use of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transform=ax.transAxes</span></code> throughout the
code indicates that the coordinates are given relative to the axes
bounding box, with (0, 0) being the lower left of the axes and (1, 1) the
upper right.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">plt</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">matplotlib.patches</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">patches</span>
<span class="c1"># build a rectangle in axes coords</span>
<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">width</span></a> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">.25</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.5</span>
<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">height</span></a> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">.25</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">.5</span>
<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">right</span></a> <span class="o">=</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a> <span class="o">+</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">width</span></a>
<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a> <span class="o">=</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a> <span class="o">+</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">height</span></a>
<a href="../../api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-figure sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">fig</span></a> <span class="o">=</span> <a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.figure.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figure" title="matplotlib.pyplot.figure" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-pyplot sphx-glr-backref-type-py-function"><span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">figure</span></a><span class="p">()</span>
<a href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span></a> <span class="o">=</span> <a href="../../api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_axes" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_axes" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-figure sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">add_axes</span></a><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="c1"># axes coordinates: (0, 0) is bottom left and (1, 1) is upper right</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Rectangle.html#matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" title="matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-patches sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">p</span></a> <span class="o">=</span> <a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Rectangle.html#matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" title="matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-patches sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class"><span class="n">patches</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Rectangle</span></a><span class="p">(</span>
<span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="p">),</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">width</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">height</span></a><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">fill</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">clip_on</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">add_patch</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Rectangle.html#matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" title="matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-patches sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">p</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'left top'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'left'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'top'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'left bottom'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'left'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'bottom'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">right</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'right bottom'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'right'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'bottom'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">right</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'right top'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'right'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'top'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">right</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'center top'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'top'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="o">+</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a><span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'right center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'right'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">rotation</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'vertical'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="o">+</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a><span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'left center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'left'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">rotation</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'vertical'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="o">+</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">right</span></a><span class="p">),</span> <span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="o">+</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a><span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'middle'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">fontsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">color</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'red'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">right</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.5</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">bottom</span></a><span class="o">+</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a><span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'centered'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">rotation</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'vertical'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span></a><span class="p">(</span><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">left</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="builtins.float" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">top</span></a><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'rotated</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">with newlines'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">horizontalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">verticalalignment</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'center'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">rotation</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">45</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">transform</span><span class="o">=</span><a href="../../api/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" title="matplotlib.transforms.BboxTransformTo" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-transforms sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transAxes</span></a><span class="p">)</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_axis_off.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_axis_off" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_axis_off" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method"><span class="n">ax</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_axis_off</span></a><span class="p">()</span>
<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.show.html#matplotlib.pyplot.show" title="matplotlib.pyplot.show" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-pyplot sphx-glr-backref-type-py-function"><span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">show</span></a><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<img src="../../_images/sphx_glr_text_props_001.png" srcset="../../_images/sphx_glr_text_props_001.png, ../../_images/sphx_glr_text_props_001_2_0x.png 2.0x" alt="text props" class = "sphx-glr-single-img"/></section>
<section id="default-font">
<h1>Default Font<a class="headerlink" href="#default-font" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h1>
<p>The base default font is controlled by a set of rcParams. To set the font
for mathematical expressions, use the rcParams beginning with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mathtext</span></code>
(see <a class="reference internal" href="mathtext.html#mathtext-fonts"><span class="std std-ref">mathtext</span></a>).</p>
<table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 29%" />
<col style="width: 71%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>rcParam</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>usage</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.family'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>List of font families (installed on user's machine)
and/or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{'cursive',</span> <span class="pre">'fantasy',</span> <span class="pre">'monospace',</span>
<span class="pre">'sans',</span> <span class="pre">'sans</span> <span class="pre">serif',</span> <span class="pre">'sans-serif',</span> <span class="pre">'serif'}</span></code>.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.style'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>The default style, ex <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'normal'</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'italic'</span></code>.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.variant'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Default variant, ex <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'normal'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'small-caps'</span></code>
(untested)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.stretch'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Default stretch, ex <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'normal'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'condensed'</span></code>
(incomplete)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.weight'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Default weight. Either string or integer</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.size'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p>Default font size in points. Relative font sizes
(<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'large'</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'x-small'</span></code>) are computed against
this size.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Matplotlib can use font families installed on the user's computer, i.e.
Helvetica, Times, etc. Font families can also be specified with
generic-family aliases like (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{'cursive',</span> <span class="pre">'fantasy',</span> <span class="pre">'monospace',</span>
<span class="pre">'sans',</span> <span class="pre">'sans</span> <span class="pre">serif',</span> <span class="pre">'sans-serif',</span> <span class="pre">'serif'}</span></code>).</p>
<p>The mapping between the generic family aliases and actual font families
(mentioned at <a class="reference internal" href="../introductory/customizing.html"><span class="doc">default rcParams</span></a>)
is controlled by the following rcParams:</p>
<table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 57%" />
<col style="width: 43%" />
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>CSS-based generic-family alias</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>rcParam with mappings</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'serif'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.serif'</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'monospace'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.monospace'</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'fantasy'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.fantasy'</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'cursive'</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.cursive'</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{'sans',</span> <span class="pre">'sans</span> <span class="pre">serif',</span> <span class="pre">'sans-serif'}</span></code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.sans-serif'</span></code></p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>If any of generic family names appear in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.family'</span></code>, we replace that entry
by all the entries in the corresponding rcParam mapping.
For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'font.family'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'Family1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'serif'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Family2'</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'font.serif'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'SerifFamily1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'SerifFamily2'</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># This is effectively translated to:</span>
<span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'font.family'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'Family1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'SerifFamily1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'SerifFamily2'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Family2'</span><span class="p">]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<section id="text-with-non-latin-glyphs">
<h2>Text with non-latin glyphs<a class="headerlink" href="#text-with-non-latin-glyphs" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<p>As of v2.0 the <a class="reference internal" href="../../users/prev_whats_new/dflt_style_changes.html#default-changes-font"><span class="std std-ref">default font</span></a>, DejaVu, contains
glyphs for many western alphabets, but not other scripts, such as Chinese,
Korean, or Japanese.</p>
<p>To set the default font to be one that supports the code points you
need, prepend the font name to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'font.family'</span></code> (recommended), or to the
desired alias lists.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># first method</span>
<span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'font.family'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'Source Han Sans TW'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'sans-serif'</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># second method</span>
<span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'font.family'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'sans-serif'</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">matplotlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rcParams</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'sans-serif'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'Source Han Sans TW'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]</span>
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<p>The generic family alias lists contain fonts that are either shipped
alongside Matplotlib (so they have 100% chance of being found), or fonts
which have a very high probability of being present in most systems.</p>
<p>A good practice when setting custom font families is to append
a generic-family to the font-family list as a last resort.</p>
<p>You can also set it in your <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.matplotlibrc</span></code> file:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">font</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">family</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Source</span> <span class="n">Han</span> <span class="n">Sans</span> <span class="n">TW</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Arial</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">sans</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">serif</span>
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<p>To control the font used on per-artist basis use the <em>name</em>, <em>fontname</em> or
<em>fontproperties</em> keyword arguments documented <a class="reference internal" href="#"><span class="doc">above</span></a>.</p>
<p>On linux, <a class="reference external" href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/fc-list">fc-list</a> can be a
useful tool to discover the font name; for example</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ fc-list :lang=zh family
Noto to Sans Mono CJK TC,Noto Sans Mono CJK TC Bold
Noto Sans CJK TC,Noto Sans CJK TC Medium
Noto Sans CJK TC,Noto Sans CJK TC DemiLight
Noto Sans CJK KR,Noto Sans CJK KR Black
Noto Sans CJK TC,Noto Sans CJK TC Black
Noto Sans Mono CJK TC,Noto Sans Mono CJK TC Regular
Noto Sans CJK SC,Noto Sans CJK SC Light
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<p>lists all of the fonts that support Chinese.</p>
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