.. 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_pretty_plots_plot_text_ext.py: Text printing decorated ======================= An example showing text printing and decorating the resulting figure. .. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_text_ext_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: python import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() plt.xticks([]) plt.yticks([]) 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"$F_G = G\frac{m_1m_2}{r^2}$")) 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) # Add a title and a box around it from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch ax = plt.gca() ax.add_patch(FancyBboxPatch((-0.05, .87), width=.66, height=.165, clip_on=False, boxstyle="square,pad=0", zorder=3, facecolor='white', alpha=1.0, transform=plt.gca().transAxes)) plt.text(-0.05, 1.02, " Text: plt.text(...)\n", horizontalalignment='left', verticalalignment='top', size='xx-large', transform=plt.gca().transAxes) plt.text(-0.05, 1.01, "\n\n Draw any kind of text ", horizontalalignment='left', verticalalignment='top', size='large', transform=plt.gca().transAxes) plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.145 seconds) .. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_text_ext.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: plot_text_ext.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_text_ext.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_