.. _pylab_examples-fonts_demo:

pylab_examples example code: fonts_demo.py
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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    """
    Show how to set custom font properties.
    
    For interactive users, you can also use kwargs to the text command,
    which requires less typing.  See examples/fonts_demo_kw.py
    """
    from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties
    from pylab import *
    
    subplot(111, axisbg='w')
    
    font0 = FontProperties()
    alignment = {'horizontalalignment':'center', 'verticalalignment':'baseline'}
    ###  Show family options
    
    family = ['serif', 'sans-serif', 'cursive', 'fantasy', 'monospace']
    
    font1 = font0.copy()
    font1.set_size('large')
    
    t = text(-0.8, 0.9, 'family', fontproperties=font1,
             **alignment)
    
    yp = [0.7, 0.5, 0.3, 0.1, -0.1, -0.3, -0.5]
    
    for k in range(5):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family(family[k])
        if k == 2:
            font.set_name('Script MT')
        t = text(-0.8, yp[k], family[k], fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    ###  Show style options
    
    style  = ['normal', 'italic', 'oblique']
    
    t = text(-0.4, 0.9, 'style', fontproperties=font1,
             **alignment)
    
    for k in range(3):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family('sans-serif')
        font.set_style(style[k])
        t = text(-0.4, yp[k], style[k], fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    ###  Show variant options
    
    variant= ['normal', 'small-caps']
    
    t = text(0.0, 0.9, 'variant', fontproperties=font1,
             **alignment)
    
    for k in range(2):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family('serif')
        font.set_variant(variant[k])
        t = text( 0.0, yp[k], variant[k], fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    ###  Show weight options
    
    weight = ['light', 'normal', 'medium', 'semibold', 'bold', 'heavy', 'black']
    
    t = text( 0.4, 0.9, 'weight', fontproperties=font1,
             **alignment)
    
    for k in range(7):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_weight(weight[k])
        t = text( 0.4, yp[k], weight[k], fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    ###  Show size options
    
    size  = ['xx-small', 'x-small', 'small', 'medium', 'large',
             'x-large', 'xx-large']
    
    t = text( 0.8, 0.9, 'size', fontproperties=font1,
             **alignment)
    
    for k in range(7):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_size(size[k])
        t = text( 0.8, yp[k], size[k], fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)
    
    ###  Show bold italic
    
    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('x-small')
    t = text(0, 0.1, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
             **alignment)
    
    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('medium')
    t = text(0, 0.2, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
             **alignment)
    
    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('x-large')
    t = text(0, 0.3, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
             **alignment)
    
    axis([-1,1,0,1])
    
    show()
    

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