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Matplotlib 2.x By Example
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Matplotlib 2.x By Example

by Nikhil Borkar, Allen Yu, Christopher Shoe, Claire Chung, Aldrin Yim
August 2017
Beginner to intermediate
334 pages
8h 22m
English
Packt Publishing
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Font family

There are five major generic font families in Matplotlib:

  • 'serif': Serifs are small decorative flourishes attached to stroke ends of characters. Fonts such as Times New Roman, Century, Garamond, and Palatino are serif fonts.
  • 'sans-serif': This means without serif. Fonts such as Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, and DejaVu Sans are sans-serif.
  • 'monospace': Monospace fonts have characters of the same width. They are usually used for code.
  • 'cursive': Cursive features connected brush strokes, usually in italic, that give a sense of classical elegance.
  • 'fantasy': Decorative fonts that look funny.

For scientific publication and usual presentation, we generally use 'sans-serif'. Special font types may help to deliver messages in infographics. ...

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