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6- matplotlib has excellent text support, including mathematical
7- expressions, truetype support for raster and vector outputs, newline
8- separated text with arbitrary rotations, and unicode support. Because
9- we embed the fonts directly in the output documents, e.g., for postscript
6+ matplotlib has extensive text support, including support for
7+ mathematical expressions, truetype support for raster and
8+ vector outputs, newline separated text with arbitrary
9+ rotations, and unicode support. Because it embeds
10+ fonts directly in output documents, e.g., for postscript
1011or PDF, what you see on the screen is what you get in the hardcopy.
1112`freetype2 <http://www.freetype.org/ >`_ support
1213produces very nice, antialiased fonts, that look good even at small
1314raster sizes. matplotlib includes its own
14- :mod: `matplotlib.font_manager `, thanks to Paul Barrett, which
15- implements a cross platform, W3C compliant font finding algorithm.
16-
17- You have total control over every text property (font size, font
18- weight, text location and color, etc) with sensible defaults set in
19- the rc file. And significantly for those interested in mathematical
15+ :mod: `matplotlib.font_manager ` (thanks to Paul Barrett), which
16+ implements a cross platform, `W3C <http://www.w3.org/> `
17+ compliant font finding algorithm.
18+
19+ The user has a great deal of control over text properties (font size, font
20+ weight, text location and color, etc.) with sensible defaults set in
21+ the `rc file <http://matplotlib.org/users/customizing.html> `.
22+ And significantly, for those interested in mathematical
2023or scientific figures, matplotlib implements a large number of TeX
21- math symbols and commands, to support :ref: `mathematical expressions
24+ math symbols and commands, supporting :ref: `mathematical expressions
2225<mathtext-tutorial>` anywhere in your figure.
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3134* :func: `~matplotlib.pyplot.text ` - add text at an arbitrary location to the ``Axes ``;
3235 :meth: `matplotlib.axes.Axes.text ` in the API.
3336
34- * :func: `~matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel ` - add an axis label to the x-axis;
37+ * :func: `~matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel ` - add a label to the x-axis;
3538 :meth: `matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlabel ` in the API.
3639
37- * :func: `~matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel ` - add an axis label to the y-axis;
40+ * :func: `~matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel ` - add a label to the y-axis;
3841 :meth: `matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_ylabel ` in the API.
3942
4043* :func: `~matplotlib.pyplot.title ` - add a title to the ``Axes ``;
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