.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_options_plot_antialiased.py: Aliased versus anti-aliased ============================= The example shows aliased versus anti-aliased text. .. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/options/images/sphx_glr_plot_antialiased_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt size = 128, 16 dpi = 72.0 figsize= size[0] / float(dpi), size[1] / float(dpi) fig = plt.figure(figsize=figsize, dpi=dpi) fig.patch.set_alpha(0) plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1], frameon=False) plt.rcParams['text.antialiased'] = True plt.text(0.5, 0.5, "Anti-aliased", ha='center', va='center') plt.xlim(0, 1) plt.ylim(0, 1) plt.xticks([]) plt.yticks([]) plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.010 seconds) .. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_options_plot_antialiased.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: plot_antialiased.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_antialiased.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_