.. _pylab_examples-demo_text_rotation_mode:

pylab_examples example code: demo_text_rotation_mode.py
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.. plot:: /builddir/build/BUILD/matplotlib-1.2.0/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/demo_text_rotation_mode.py

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    #clf()
    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_grid import ImageGrid
    
    def test_rotation_mode(fig, mode, subplot_location):
        ha_list = "left center right".split()
        va_list = "top center baseline bottom".split()
        grid = ImageGrid(fig, subplot_location,
                        nrows_ncols=(len(va_list), len(ha_list)),
                        share_all=True, aspect=True, #label_mode='1',
                        cbar_mode=None)
    
        for ha, ax in zip(ha_list, grid.axes_row[-1]):
            ax.axis["bottom"].label.set_text(ha)
    
        grid.axes_row[0][1].set_title(mode, size="large")
    
        for va, ax in zip(va_list, grid.axes_column[0]):
            ax.axis["left"].label.set_text(va)
    
        i = 0
        for va in va_list:
            for ha in ha_list:
                ax = grid[i]
                for axis in ax.axis.values():
                    axis.toggle(ticks=False, ticklabels=False)
    
                ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "Tpg",
                        size="large", rotation=40,
                        bbox=dict(boxstyle="square,pad=0.",
                                  ec="none", fc="0.5", alpha=0.5),
                        ha=ha, va=va,
                        rotation_mode=mode)
                ax.axvline(0.5)
                ax.axhline(0.5)
                i += 1
    
    if 1:
        import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
        fig = plt.figure(1, figsize=(5.5,4 ))
        fig.clf()
    
        test_rotation_mode(fig, "default", 121)
        test_rotation_mode(fig, "anchor", 122)
        plt.show()
    

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