.. _pyplots-whats_new_98_4_fancy:

pyplots example code: whats_new_98_4_fancy.py
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[`source code <whats_new_98_4_fancy.py>`_]

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    import matplotlib.patches as mpatch
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    figheight = 8
    fig = plt.figure(1, figsize=(9, figheight), dpi=80)
    fontsize = 0.4 * fig.dpi
    
    def make_boxstyles(ax):
        styles = mpatch.BoxStyle.get_styles()
    
        for i, (stylename, styleclass) in enumerate(sorted(styles.items())):
            ax.text(0.5, (float(len(styles)) - 0.5 - i)/len(styles), stylename,
                      ha="center",
                      size=fontsize,
                      transform=ax.transAxes,
                      bbox=dict(boxstyle=stylename, fc="w", ec="k"))
    
    def make_arrowstyles(ax):
        styles = mpatch.ArrowStyle.get_styles()
    
        ax.set_xlim(0, 4)
        ax.set_ylim(0, figheight)
    
        for i, (stylename, styleclass) in enumerate(sorted(styles.items())):
            y = (float(len(styles)) -0.25 - i) # /figheight
            p = mpatch.Circle((3.2, y), 0.2, fc="w")
            ax.add_patch(p)
    
            ax.annotate(stylename, (3.2, y),
                        (2., y),
                        #xycoords="figure fraction", textcoords="figure fraction",
                        ha="right", va="center",
                        size=fontsize,
                        arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle=stylename,
                                        patchB=p,
                                        shrinkA=5,
                                        shrinkB=5,
                                        fc="w", ec="k",
                                        connectionstyle="arc3,rad=-0.05",
                                        ),
                        bbox=dict(boxstyle="square", fc="w"))
    
        ax.xaxis.set_visible(False)
        ax.yaxis.set_visible(False)
    
    
    ax1 = fig.add_subplot(121, frameon=False, xticks=[], yticks=[])
    make_boxstyles(ax1)
    
    ax2 = fig.add_subplot(122, frameon=False, xticks=[], yticks=[])
    make_arrowstyles(ax2)
    
    
    plt.show()
    

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