.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_text.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_text.py:


Demo text printing
===================

A example showing off elaborate text printing with matplotlib.




.. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/images/sphx_glr_plot_text_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


    eqs = []
    eqs.append((r"$W^{3\beta}_{\delta_1 \rho_1 \sigma_2} = U^{3\beta}_{\delta_1 \rho_1} + \frac{1}{8 \pi 2} \int^{\alpha_2}_{\alpha_2} d \alpha^\prime_2 \left[\frac{ U^{2\beta}_{\delta_1 \rho_1} - \alpha^\prime_2U^{1\beta}_{\rho_1 \sigma_2} }{U^{0\beta}_{\rho_1 \sigma_2}}\right]$"))
    eqs.append((r"$\frac{d\rho}{d t} + \rho \vec{v}\cdot\nabla\vec{v} = -\nabla p + \mu\nabla^2 \vec{v} + \rho \vec{g}$"))
    eqs.append((r"$\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-x^2}dx=\sqrt{\pi}$"))
    eqs.append((r"$E = mc^2 = \sqrt{{m_0}^2c^4 + p^2c^2}$"))
    eqs.append((r"$F_G = G\frac{m_1m_2}{r^2}$"))

    plt.axes([0.025, 0.025, 0.95, 0.95])

    for i in range(24):
        index = np.random.randint(0, len(eqs))
        eq = eqs[index]
        size = np.random.uniform(12, 32)
        x,y = np.random.uniform(0, 1, 2)
        alpha = np.random.uniform(0.25, .75)
        plt.text(x, y, eq, ha='center', va='center', color="#11557c", alpha=alpha,
             transform=plt.gca().transAxes, fontsize=size, clip_on=True)
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.016 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_text.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_text.py <plot_text.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_text.ipynb <plot_text.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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