matplotlib.pyplot.figtext#

matplotlib.pyplot.figtext(x, y, s, fontdict=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Add text to figure.

Parameters:

x, yfloat

The position to place the text. By default, this is in figure coordinates, floats in [0, 1]. The coordinate system can be changed using the transform keyword.

sstr

The text string.

fontdictdict, optional

A dictionary to override the default text properties. If not given, the defaults are determined by rcParams["font.*"]. Properties passed as kwargs override the corresponding ones given in fontdict.

Returns:

Text

Other Parameters:

**kwargsText properties

Other miscellaneous text parameters.

Property	Description
agg_filter	a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array and two offsets from the bottom left corner of the image
alpha	float or None
animated	bool
antialiased	bool
backgroundcolor	color
bbox	dict with properties for FancyBboxPatch or None
clip_box	unknown
clip_on	unknown
clip_path	unknown
color or c	color
figure	Figure or SubFigure
fontfamily or family or fontname	{FONTNAME, 'serif', 'sans-serif', 'cursive', 'fantasy', 'monospace'}
fontfeatures	list of str, or tuple of str, or None
fontproperties or font or font_properties	font_manager.FontProperties or str or pathlib.Path
fontsize or size	float or {'xx-small', 'x-small', 'small', 'medium', 'large', 'x-large', 'xx-large'}
fontstretch or stretch	{a numeric value in range 0-1000, 'ultra-condensed', 'extra-condensed', 'condensed', 'semi-condensed', 'normal', 'semi-expanded', 'expanded', 'extra-expanded', 'ultra-expanded'}
fontstyle or style	{'normal', 'italic', 'oblique'}
fontvariant or variant	{'normal', 'small-caps'}
fontweight or weight	{a numeric value in range 0-1000, 'ultralight', 'light', 'normal', 'regular', 'book', 'medium', 'roman', 'semibold', 'demibold', 'demi', 'bold', 'heavy', 'extra bold', 'black'}
gid	str
horizontalalignment or ha	{'left', 'center', 'right'}
in_layout	bool
label	object
language	str or None
linespacing	'normal' or float, default: 'normal'
math_fontfamily	str
mouseover	bool
multialignment or ma	{'left', 'right', 'center'}
parse_math	bool
path_effects	list of AbstractPathEffect
picker	None or bool or float or callable
position	(float, float)
rasterized	bool
rotation	float or {'vertical', 'horizontal'}
rotation_mode	{None, 'default', 'anchor', 'xtick', 'ytick'}
sketch_params	(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)
snap	bool or None
text	object
transform	Transform
transform_rotates_text	bool
url	str
usetex	bool, default: rcParams["text.usetex"] (default: False)
verticalalignment or va	{'baseline', 'bottom', 'center', 'center_baseline', 'top'}
visible	bool
wrap	bool
x	float
y	float
zorder	float

See also

Axes.text

pyplot.text

Notes

Note

This is the pyplot wrapper for Figure.text.