.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_fonts_demo.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_fonts_demo.py:


==================================
Fonts demo (object-oriented style)
==================================

Set font properties using setters.

See :doc:`fonts_demo_kw` to achieve the same effect using kwargs.




.. image:: /gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/images/sphx_glr_fonts_demo_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    plt.subplot(111, facecolor='w')

    font0 = FontProperties()
    alignment = {'horizontalalignment': 'center', 'verticalalignment': 'baseline'}
    # Show family options

    families = ['serif', 'sans-serif', 'cursive', 'fantasy', 'monospace']

    font1 = font0.copy()
    font1.set_size('large')

    t = plt.text(-0.8, 0.9, 'family', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)

    yp = [0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2]

    for k, family in enumerate(families):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family(family)
        t = plt.text(-0.8, yp[k], family, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)

    # Show style options

    styles = ['normal', 'italic', 'oblique']

    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.9, 'style', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)

    for k, style in enumerate(styles):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family('sans-serif')
        font.set_style(style)
        t = plt.text(-0.4, yp[k], style, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)

    # Show variant options

    variants = ['normal', 'small-caps']

    t = plt.text(0.0, 0.9, 'variant', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)

    for k, variant in enumerate(variants):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_family('serif')
        font.set_variant(variant)
        t = plt.text(0.0, yp[k], variant, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)

    # Show weight options

    weights = ['light', 'normal', 'medium', 'semibold', 'bold', 'heavy', 'black']

    t = plt.text(0.4, 0.9, 'weight', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)

    for k, weight in enumerate(weights):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_weight(weight)
        t = plt.text(0.4, yp[k], weight, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)

    # Show size options

    sizes = ['xx-small', 'x-small', 'small', 'medium', 'large',
             'x-large', 'xx-large']

    t = plt.text(0.8, 0.9, 'size', fontproperties=font1,
                 **alignment)

    for k, size in enumerate(sizes):
        font = font0.copy()
        font.set_size(size)
        t = plt.text(0.8, yp[k], size, fontproperties=font,
                     **alignment)

    # Show bold italic

    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('x-small')
    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.1, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)

    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('medium')
    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.2, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)

    font = font0.copy()
    font.set_style('italic')
    font.set_weight('bold')
    font.set_size('x-large')
    t = plt.text(-0.4, 0.3, 'bold italic', fontproperties=font,
                 **alignment)

    plt.axis([-1, 1, 0, 1])

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_text_labels_and_annotations_fonts_demo.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: fonts_demo.py <fonts_demo.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: fonts_demo.ipynb <fonts_demo.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
