pylab_examples example code: tex_unicode_demo.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
This demo is tex_demo.py modified to have unicode. See that file for
more information.
"""
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import matplotlib as mpl
mpl.rcParams['text.usetex'] = True
mpl.rcParams['text.latex.unicode'] = True
from numpy import arange, cos, pi
from matplotlib.pyplot import (figure, axes, plot, xlabel, ylabel, title,
                               grid, savefig, show)

figure(1, figsize=(6, 4))
ax = axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.7])
t = arange(0.0, 1.0 + 0.01, 0.01)
s = cos(2*2*pi*t) + 2
plot(t, s)

xlabel(r'\textbf{time (s)}')
ylabel(r'\textit{Velocity (\u00B0/sec)}', fontsize=16)
title(r"\TeX\ is Number $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{-e^{i\pi}}{2^n}$!",
      fontsize=16, color='r')
grid(True)
show()

Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see Search examples)