.. _pylab_examples-usetex_fonteffects:

pylab_examples example code: usetex_fonteffects.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/usetex_fonteffects.py

::

    # This script demonstrates that font effects specified in your pdftex.map
    # are now supported in pdf usetex.
    
    import matplotlib
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    matplotlib.rc('text', usetex=True)
    
    
    def setfont(font):
        return r'\font\a %s at 14pt\a ' % font
    
    for y, font, text in zip(range(5),
                             ['ptmr8r', 'ptmri8r', 'ptmro8r', 'ptmr8rn', 'ptmrr8re'],
                             ['Nimbus Roman No9 L ' + x for x in
                              ['', 'Italics (real italics for comparison)',
                               '(slanted)', '(condensed)', '(extended)']]):
        plt.text(0, y, setfont(font) + text)
    
    plt.ylim(-1, 5)
    plt.xlim(-0.2, 0.6)
    plt.setp(plt.gca(), frame_on=False, xticks=(), yticks=())
    plt.title('Usetex font effects')
    plt.savefig('usetex_fonteffects.pdf')
    

Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)