.. _pyplots-fig_axes_customize_simple:

pyplots example code: fig_axes_customize_simple.py
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[`source code <fig_axes_customize_simple.py>`_]

::

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    # plt.figure creates a matplotlib.figure.Figure instance
    fig = plt.figure()
    rect = fig.patch # a rectangle instance
    rect.set_facecolor('lightgoldenrodyellow')
    
    ax1 = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4])
    rect = ax1.patch
    rect.set_facecolor('lightslategray')
    
    
    for label in ax1.xaxis.get_ticklabels():
        # label is a Text instance
        label.set_color('red')
        label.set_rotation(45)
        label.set_fontsize(16)
    
    for line in ax1.yaxis.get_ticklines():
        # line is a Line2D instance
        line.set_color('green')
        line.set_markersize(25)
        line.set_markeredgewidth(3)
    
    plt.show()
    

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