It is a bug, but the broken behavior was kept for backward compatibility. Try setting the vertical alignment to 'baseline'.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig=plt.figure() plt.text(0.4,0.5,"some text", verticalalignment='baseline') plt.text(0.6,0.5,"some text with a g in it", verticalalignment='baseline') It's probably about time to fix this -- we will have to update many of the unit tests -- what do the rest of the devs think? Mike On 05/20/2010 10:28 AM, Nick Schurch wrote: > I've also discovered another text problem. If I add two lines of test > to a plot as follows: > > import mapplotlib.pyplot as plt > fig=plt.figure() > plt.text(0.4,0.5,"some text") > plt.text(0.6,0.5,"some more text") > > then the two sets of text line up nicely with each other, because they > have the same y-axis position. But if I do: > > import mapplotlib.pyplot as plt > fig=plt.figure() > plt.text(0.4,0.5,"some text") > plt.text(0.6,0.5,"some text with a g in it") > > then the "some text with a g in it" is shifted upwards slightly so > that the bottom of "some text" lines up with the bottom of the "g", > and doesn't line up witht he rest of the letters. It look like they > are not on the same line! This has got to be a bug in the way > matplotlib deals with text. > > -- > Cheers, > > Nick Schurch > > Data Analysis Group (The Barton Group), > School of Life Sciences, > University of Dundee, > Dow St, > Dundee, > DD1 5EH, > Scotland, > UK > > Tel: +44 1382 388707 > Fax: +44 1382 345 893 > > > > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
