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<h1>text<a class="headerlink" href="#text" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<span id="matplotlib-text"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.text" title="matplotlib.text"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.text</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.text" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Classes for including text in a figure.</p>
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<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.text.</code><code class="descname">Annotation</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>s</em>, <em>xy</em>, <em>xytext=None</em>, <em>xycoords='data'</em>, <em>textcoords=None</em>, <em>arrowprops=None</em>, <em>annotation_clip=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.text.Text</span></code></a>, <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.text._AnnotationBase</span></code></p>
<p>Annotate the point <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xy</span></code> with text <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">s</span></code>.</p>
<p>Additional kwargs are passed to <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a>.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>s</strong> : str</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>The text of the annotation</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>xy</strong> : iterable</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>Length 2 sequence specifying the <em>(x,y)</em> point to annotate</p>
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<p><strong>xytext</strong> : iterable, optional</p>
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<div><p>Length 2 sequence specifying the <em>(x,y)</em> to place the text
at. If None, defaults to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xy</span></code>.</p>
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<p><strong>xycoords</strong> : str, Artist, Transform, callable or tuple, optional</p>
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<div><p>The coordinate system that <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xy</span></code> is given in.</p>
<p>For a <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#str" title="(in Python v2.7)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a> the allowed values are:</p>
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<tr class="row-even"><td>‘figure fraction’</td>
<td>fraction of figure from lower left</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td>‘axes points’</td>
<td>points from lower left corner of axes</td>
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<td>pixels from lower left corner of axes</td>
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<td>fraction of axes from lower left</td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td>‘data’</td>
<td>use the coordinate system of the object being
annotated (default)</td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td>‘polar’</td>
<td><em>(theta,r)</em> if not native ‘data’ coordinates</td>
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<p>If a <a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> object is passed in the units are
fraction if it’s bounding box.</p>
<p>If a <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a> object is passed
in use that to transform <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xy</span></code> to screen coordinates</p>
<p>If a callable it must take a
<a class="reference internal" href="backend_bases_api.html#matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase" title="matplotlib.backend_bases.RendererBase"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">RendererBase</span></code></a> object as input
and return a <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Bbox</span></code></a> object</p>
<p>If a <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#tuple" title="(in Python v2.7)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">tuple</span></code></a> must be length 2 tuple of str, <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code>,
<code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code> or callable objects. The first transform is
used for the <em>x</em> coordinate and the second for <em>y</em>.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../tutorials/text/annotations.html#plotting-guide-annotation"><span class="std std-ref">Advanced Annotation</span></a> for more details.</p>
<p>Defaults to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'data'</span></code></p>
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<p><strong>textcoords</strong> : str, <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code>, callable or tuple, optional</p>
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<div><p>The coordinate system that <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xytext</span></code> is given, which
may be different than the coordinate system used for
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xy</span></code>.</p>
<p>All <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xycoords</span></code> values are valid as well as the following
strings:</p>
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<p>defaults to the input of <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xycoords</span></code></p>
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<p><strong>arrowprops</strong> : dict, optional</p>
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<div><p>If not None, properties used to draw a
<a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch.html#matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch" title="matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">FancyArrowPatch</span></code></a> arrow between <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xy</span></code> and
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xytext</span></code>.</p>
<p>If <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">arrowprops</span></code> does not contain the key <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'arrowstyle'</span></code> the
allowed keys are:</p>
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<th class="head">Description</th>
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<tr class="row-even"><td>width</td>
<td>the width of the arrow in points</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>headwidth</td>
<td>the width of the base of the arrow head in points</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>headlength</td>
<td>the length of the arrow head in points</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>shrink</td>
<td>fraction of total length to ‘shrink’ from both ends</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>?</td>
<td>any key to <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch.html#matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch" title="matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch</span></code></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>If the <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">arrowprops</span></code> contains the key <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'arrowstyle'</span></code> the
above keys are forbidden. The allowed values of
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'arrowstyle'</span></code> are:</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="21%" />
<col width="79%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Name</th>
<th class="head">Attrs</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-'</span></code></td>
<td>None</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'->'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-['</span></code></td>
<td>widthB=1.0,lengthB=0.2,angleB=None</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'|-|'</span></code></td>
<td>widthA=1.0,widthB=1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-|>'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'<-'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'<->'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'<|-'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'<|-|>'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'fancy'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.4,head_width=0.4,tail_width=0.4</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'simple'</span></code></td>
<td>head_length=0.5,head_width=0.5,tail_width=0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'wedge'</span></code></td>
<td>tail_width=0.3,shrink_factor=0.5</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Valid keys for <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch.html#matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch" title="matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">FancyArrowPatch</span></code></a> are:</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="23%" />
<col width="77%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Key</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td>arrowstyle</td>
<td>the arrow style</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>connectionstyle</td>
<td>the connection style</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>relpos</td>
<td>default is (0.5, 0.5)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>patchA</td>
<td>default is bounding box of the text</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>patchB</td>
<td>default is None</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>shrinkA</td>
<td>default is 2 points</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>shrinkB</td>
<td>default is 2 points</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>mutation_scale</td>
<td>default is text size (in points)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td>mutation_aspect</td>
<td>default is 1.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td>?</td>
<td>any key for <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.PathPatch.html#matplotlib.patches.PathPatch" title="matplotlib.patches.PathPatch"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.patches.PathPatch</span></code></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Defaults to None</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>annotation_clip</strong> : bool, optional</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>Controls the visibility of the annotation when it goes
outside the axes area.</p>
<p>If <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/constants.html#True" title="(in Python v2.7)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">True</span></code></a>, the annotation will only be drawn when the
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xy</span></code> is inside the axes. If <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/constants.html#False" title="(in Python v2.7)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">False</span></code></a>, the annotation will
always be drawn regardless of its position.</p>
<p>The default is <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v2.7)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>, which behave as <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/constants.html#True" title="(in Python v2.7)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">True</span></code></a> only if
<em>xycoords</em> is “data”.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Annotation</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation.anncoords">
<code class="descname">anncoords</code><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.anncoords" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation.contains">
<code class="descname">contains</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>event</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.contains" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation.draw">
<code class="descname">draw</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.draw" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Draw the <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation" title="matplotlib.text.Annotation"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Annotation</span></code></a> object to the given <em>renderer</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation.get_window_extent">
<code class="descname">get_window_extent</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.get_window_extent" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Bbox</span></code></a> object bounding
the text and arrow annotation, in display units.</p>
<p><em>renderer</em> defaults to the _renderer attribute of the text
object. This is not assigned until the first execution of
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.draw" title="matplotlib.text.Annotation.draw"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">draw()</span></code></a>, so you must use this kwarg if you want
to call <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.get_window_extent" title="matplotlib.text.Annotation.get_window_extent"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_window_extent()</span></code></a> prior to the first
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.draw" title="matplotlib.text.Annotation.draw"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">draw()</span></code></a>. For getting web page regions, it is
simpler to call the method after saving the figure. The
<em>dpi</em> used defaults to self.figure.dpi; the renderer dpi is
irrelevant.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation.set_figure">
<code class="descname">set_figure</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>fig</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.set_figure" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation.update_positions">
<code class="descname">update_positions</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.update_positions" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>“Update the pixel positions of the annotated point and the
text.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Annotation.xyann">
<code class="descname">xyann</code><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation.xyann" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.OffsetFrom">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.text.</code><code class="descname">OffsetFrom</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>artist</em>, <em>ref_coord</em>, <em>unit='points'</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.OffsetFrom" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#object" title="(in Python v2.7)"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">object</span></code></a></p>
<p>Callable helper class for working with <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Annotation" title="matplotlib.text.Annotation"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Annotation</span></code></a></p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>artist</strong> : <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">BboxBase</span></code>, or <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>The object to compute the offset from.</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>ref_coord</strong> : length 2 sequence</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>If <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">artist</span></code> is an <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code> or <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">BboxBase</span></code>, this values is
the location to of the offset origin in fractions of the
<code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">artist</span></code> bounding box.</p>
<p>If <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">artist</span></code> is a transform, the offset origin is the
transform applied to this value.</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>unit</strong> : {‘points, ‘pixels’}</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>The screen units to use (pixels or points) for the offset
input.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.OffsetFrom.get_unit">
<code class="descname">get_unit</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.OffsetFrom.get_unit" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The unit for input to the transform used by <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__call__</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.OffsetFrom.set_unit">
<code class="descname">set_unit</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>unit</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.OffsetFrom.set_unit" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The unit for input to the transform used by <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__call__</span></code></p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><strong>unit</strong> : {‘points’, ‘pixels’}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.text.</code><code class="descname">Text</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>x=0</em>, <em>y=0</em>, <em>text=''</em>, <em>color=None</em>, <em>verticalalignment='baseline'</em>, <em>horizontalalignment='left'</em>, <em>multialignment=None</em>, <em>fontproperties=None</em>, <em>rotation=None</em>, <em>linespacing=None</em>, <em>rotation_mode=None</em>, <em>usetex=None</em>, <em>wrap=False</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="artist_api.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.artist.Artist</span></code></a></p>
<p>Handle storing and drawing of text in window or data coordinates.</p>
<p>Create a <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a> instance at <em>x</em>, <em>y</em>
with string <em>text</em>.</p>
<p>Valid kwargs are</p>
<blockquote>
<div><table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="30%" />
<col width="70%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Property</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_agg_filter.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_agg_filter" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_agg_filter"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">agg_filter</span></code></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_alpha.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_alpha" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_alpha"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">alpha</span></code></a></td>
<td>float (0.0 transparent through 1.0 opaque)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_animated.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_animated" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_animated"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">animated</span></code></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_backgroundcolor" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_backgroundcolor"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">backgroundcolor</span></code></a></td>
<td>any matplotlib color</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_bbox" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_bbox"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">bbox</span></code></a></td>
<td>FancyBboxPatch prop dict</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_box" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_box"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">clip_box</span></code></a></td>
<td>a <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.transforms.Bbox</span></code></a> instance</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_on" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_on"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">clip_on</span></code></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_path" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_path"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">clip_path</span></code></a></td>
<td>[ (<a class="reference internal" href="path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path" title="matplotlib.path.Path"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Path</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a>) | <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Patch.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch</span></code></a> | None ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_color" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_color"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">color</span></code></a></td>
<td>any matplotlib color</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_contains.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_contains" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_contains"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">contains</span></code></a></td>
<td>a callable function</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_family" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_family"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">family</span></code></a> or fontfamily or fontname or name</td>
<td>[FONTNAME | ‘serif’ | ‘sans-serif’ | ‘cursive’ | ‘fantasy’ | ‘monospace’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_figure.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_figure" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_figure"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">figure</span></code></a></td>
<td>a <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.figure.Figure</span></code></a> instance</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontproperties" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontproperties"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">fontproperties</span></code></a> or font_properties</td>
<td>a <a class="reference internal" href="font_manager_api.html#matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties" title="matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties</span></code></a> instance</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_gid.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_gid" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_gid"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">gid</span></code></a></td>
<td>an id string</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_horizontalalignment" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_horizontalalignment"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">horizontalalignment</span></code></a> or ha</td>
<td>[ ‘center’ | ‘right’ | ‘left’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_label.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_label" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_label"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">label</span></code></a></td>
<td>string or anything printable with ‘%s’ conversion.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_linespacing" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_linespacing"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">linespacing</span></code></a></td>
<td>float (multiple of font size)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_multialignment" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_multialignment"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">multialignment</span></code></a></td>
<td>[‘left’ | ‘right’ | ‘center’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_path_effects.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_path_effects" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_path_effects"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">path_effects</span></code></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_picker.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_picker" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_picker"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">picker</span></code></a></td>
<td>[None|float|boolean|callable]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_position" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_position"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">position</span></code></a></td>
<td>(x,y)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_rasterized.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_rasterized" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_rasterized"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">rasterized</span></code></a></td>
<td>[True | False | None]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_rotation" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_rotation"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">rotation</span></code></a></td>
<td>[ angle in degrees | ‘vertical’ | ‘horizontal’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_rotation_mode" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_rotation_mode"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">rotation_mode</span></code></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_size" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_size"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">size</span></code></a> or fontsize</td>
<td>[size in points | ‘xx-small’ | ‘x-small’ | ‘small’ | ‘medium’ | ‘large’ | ‘x-large’ | ‘xx-large’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_sketch_params.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_sketch_params" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_sketch_params"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">sketch_params</span></code></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_snap.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_snap" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_snap"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">snap</span></code></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_stretch" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_stretch"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">stretch</span></code></a> or fontstretch</td>
<td>[a numeric value in range 0-1000 | ‘ultra-condensed’ | ‘extra-condensed’ | ‘condensed’ | ‘semi-condensed’ | ‘normal’ | ‘semi-expanded’ | ‘expanded’ | ‘extra-expanded’ | ‘ultra-expanded’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_style" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_style"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">style</span></code></a> or fontstyle</td>
<td>[ ‘normal’ | ‘italic’ | ‘oblique’]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_text" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_text"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></code></a></td>
<td>string or anything printable with ‘%s’ conversion.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_transform.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_transform" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_transform"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">transform</span></code></a></td>
<td><a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a> instance</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_url.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_url" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_url"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">url</span></code></a></td>
<td>a url string</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_usetex" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_usetex"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">usetex</span></code></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_variant" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_variant"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">variant</span></code></a> or fontvariant</td>
<td>[ ‘normal’ | ‘small-caps’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_verticalalignment" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_verticalalignment"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">verticalalignment</span></code></a> or ma or va</td>
<td>[ ‘center’ | ‘top’ | ‘bottom’ | ‘baseline’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">visible</span></code></a></td>
<td>[True | False]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_weight" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_weight"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">weight</span></code></a> or fontweight</td>
<td>[a numeric value in range 0-1000 | ‘ultralight’ | ‘light’ | ‘normal’ | ‘regular’ | ‘book’ | ‘medium’ | ‘roman’ | ‘semibold’ | ‘demibold’ | ‘demi’ | ‘bold’ | ‘heavy’ | ‘extra bold’ | ‘black’ ]</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_wrap" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_wrap"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">wrap</span></code></a></td>
<td>unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_x" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_x"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span></code></a></td>
<td>float</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_y" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_y"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">y</span></code></a></td>
<td>float</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_zorder.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_zorder" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_zorder"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">zorder</span></code></a></td>
<td>any number</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div></blockquote>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.contains">
<code class="descname">contains</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>mouseevent</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.contains" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Test whether the mouse event occurred in the patch.</p>
<p>In the case of text, a hit is true anywhere in the
axis-aligned bounding-box containing the text.</p>
<p>Returns True or False.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.draw">
<code class="descname">draw</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.draw" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Draws the <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a> object to the given <em>renderer</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_bbox_patch">
<code class="descname">get_bbox_patch</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_bbox_patch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the bbox Patch object. Returns None if the
FancyBboxPatch is not made.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_color">
<code class="descname">get_color</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_color" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the color of the text</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_family">
<code class="descname">get_family</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_family" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the list of font families used for font lookup</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_font_properties">
<code class="descname">get_font_properties</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_font_properties" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_fontproperties</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontfamily">
<code class="descname">get_fontfamily</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontfamily" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_family</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontname">
<code class="descname">get_fontname</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontname" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_name</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontproperties">
<code class="descname">get_fontproperties</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontproperties" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FontProperties</span></code> object</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontsize">
<code class="descname">get_fontsize</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontsize" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_size</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontstretch">
<code class="descname">get_fontstretch</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontstretch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_stretch</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontstyle">
<code class="descname">get_fontstyle</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontstyle" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_style</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontvariant">
<code class="descname">get_fontvariant</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontvariant" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_variant</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontweight">
<code class="descname">get_fontweight</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_fontweight" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_weight</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_ha">
<code class="descname">get_ha</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_ha" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for get_horizontalalignment</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_horizontalalignment">
<code class="descname">get_horizontalalignment</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_horizontalalignment" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the horizontal alignment as string. Will be one of
‘left’, ‘center’ or ‘right’.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_name">
<code class="descname">get_name</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_name" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the font name as string</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_position">
<code class="descname">get_position</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_position" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the position of the text as a tuple (<em>x</em>, <em>y</em>)</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_prop_tup">
<code class="descname">get_prop_tup</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_prop_tup" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a hashable tuple of properties.</p>
<p>Not intended to be human readable, but useful for backends who
want to cache derived information about text (e.g., layouts) and
need to know if the text has changed.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_rotation">
<code class="descname">get_rotation</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_rotation" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return the text angle as float in degrees</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_rotation_mode">
<code class="descname">get_rotation_mode</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_rotation_mode" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>get text rotation mode</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_size">
<code class="descname">get_size</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_size" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the font size as integer</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_stretch">
<code class="descname">get_stretch</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_stretch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the font stretch as a string or number</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_style">
<code class="descname">get_style</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_style" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the font style as string</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_text">
<code class="descname">get_text</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the text as string</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_unitless_position">
<code class="descname">get_unitless_position</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_unitless_position" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the unitless position of the text as a tuple (<em>x</em>, <em>y</em>)</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_usetex">
<code class="descname">get_usetex</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_usetex" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return whether this <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Text</span></code></a> object will render using TeX.</p>
<p>If the user has not manually set this value, it will default to
the value of <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">rcParams['text.usetex']</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_va">
<code class="descname">get_va</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_va" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">getverticalalignment()</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_variant">
<code class="descname">get_variant</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_variant" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the font variant as a string</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_verticalalignment">
<code class="descname">get_verticalalignment</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_verticalalignment" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the vertical alignment as string. Will be one of
‘top’, ‘center’, ‘bottom’ or ‘baseline’.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_weight">
<code class="descname">get_weight</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_weight" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the font weight as string or number</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_window_extent">
<code class="descname">get_window_extent</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer=None</em>, <em>dpi=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_window_extent" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Bbox</span></code></a> object bounding
the text, in display units.</p>
<p>In addition to being used internally, this is useful for
specifying clickable regions in a png file on a web page.</p>
<p><em>renderer</em> defaults to the _renderer attribute of the text
object. This is not assigned until the first execution of
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.draw" title="matplotlib.text.Text.draw"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">draw()</span></code></a>, so you must use this kwarg if you want
to call <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_window_extent" title="matplotlib.text.Text.get_window_extent"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_window_extent()</span></code></a> prior to the first
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.draw" title="matplotlib.text.Text.draw"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">draw()</span></code></a>. For getting web page regions, it is
simpler to call the method after saving the figure.</p>
<p><em>dpi</em> defaults to self.figure.dpi; the renderer dpi is
irrelevant. For the web application, if figure.dpi is not
the value used when saving the figure, then the value that
was used must be specified as the <em>dpi</em> argument.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.get_wrap">
<code class="descname">get_wrap</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.get_wrap" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the wrapping state for the text.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="staticmethod">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.is_math_text">
<em class="property">static </em><code class="descname">is_math_text</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>s</em>, <em>usetex=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.is_math_text" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a cleaned string and a boolean flag.
The flag indicates if the given string <em>s</em> contains any mathtext,
determined by counting unescaped dollar signs. If no mathtext
is present, the cleaned string has its dollar signs unescaped.
If usetex is on, the flag always has the value “TeX”.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_backgroundcolor">
<code class="descname">set_backgroundcolor</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>color</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_backgroundcolor" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the background color of the text by updating the bbox.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="last docutils">
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_bbox" title="matplotlib.text.Text.set_bbox"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_bbox()</span></code></a></dt>
<dd>To change the position of the bounding box.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p>ACCEPTS: any matplotlib color</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_bbox">
<code class="descname">set_bbox</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>rectprops</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_bbox" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Draw a bounding box around self. rectprops are any settable
properties for a FancyBboxPatch, e.g., facecolor=’red’, alpha=0.5.</p>
<blockquote>
<div>t.set_bbox(dict(facecolor=’red’, alpha=0.5))</div></blockquote>
<p>The default boxstyle is ‘square’. The mutation
scale of the FancyBboxPatch is set to the fontsize.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: FancyBboxPatch prop dict</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_box">
<code class="descname">set_clip_box</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>clipbox</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_box" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the artist’s clip <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Bbox</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: a <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.transforms.Bbox</span></code></a> instance</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_on">
<code class="descname">set_clip_on</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>b</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_on" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set whether artist uses clipping.</p>
<p>When False artists will be visible out side of the axes which
can lead to unexpected results.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [True | False]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_path">
<code class="descname">set_clip_path</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>path</em>, <em>transform=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_clip_path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the artist’s clip path, which may be:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li>a <a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Patch.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch</span></code></a> (or subclass) instance</li>
<li><dl class="first docutils">
<dt>a <a class="reference internal" href="path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path" title="matplotlib.path.Path"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Path</span></code></a> instance, in which case</dt>
<dd>an optional <a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a>
instance may be provided, which will be applied to the
path before using it for clipping.</dd>
</dl>
</li>
<li><em>None</em>, to remove the clipping path</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>For efficiency, if the path happens to be an axis-aligned
rectangle, this method will set the clipping box to the
corresponding rectangle and set the clipping path to <em>None</em>.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [ (<a class="reference internal" href="path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path" title="matplotlib.path.Path"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Path</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a>) |
<a class="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Patch.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch</span></code></a> | None ]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_color">
<code class="descname">set_color</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>color</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_color" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the foreground color of the text</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: any matplotlib color</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_family">
<code class="descname">set_family</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>fontname</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_family" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the font family. May be either a single string, or a list
of strings in decreasing priority. Each string may be either
a real font name or a generic font class name. If the latter,
the specific font names will be looked up in the
<code class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlibrc</span></code> file.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt>ACCEPTS: [FONTNAME | ‘serif’ | ‘sans-serif’ | ‘cursive’ | ‘fantasy’ |</dt>
<dd>‘monospace’ ]</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_font_properties">
<code class="descname">set_font_properties</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>fp</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_font_properties" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for set_fontproperties</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontname">
<code class="descname">set_fontname</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>fontname</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontname" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for set_family</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontproperties">
<code class="descname">set_fontproperties</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>fp</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontproperties" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the font properties that control the text. <em>fp</em> must be a
<a class="reference internal" href="font_manager_api.html#matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties" title="matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties</span></code></a> object.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: a <a class="reference internal" href="font_manager_api.html#matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties" title="matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.font_manager.FontProperties</span></code></a> instance</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontsize">
<code class="descname">set_fontsize</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>fontsize</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontsize" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>alias for set_size</p>
</dd></dl>