Hi, Fantastic, path_effect is exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!
-Niko On 11/02/2010 10:16 PM, Jae-Joon Lee wrote: > You may use annotate with which you can specify offsets. > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/pyplot_api.html?highlight=annotate#matplotlib.pyplot.annotate > > Or, you may consider to use the path_effect (available w/ v1.0). > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/patheffect_demo.html > > Regards, > > -JJ > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am placing a text object in a place where the background is sometimes >> dark and sometimes light, so the text is hard to see. Adding a >> background to the text object itself looks a bit ugly, so I am wondering >> if there is a way to add a shadow to the text itself. >> >> What's the best way to do this? >> >> I thought about redrawing the same text just offset by a fraction of the >> text size, but I can't quite figure out how to do the placement >> properly. My rough idea is the get the position of the text in pixel >> coordinates, add an offset to it and then position it with display >> coordinates as well. But how do I get the display coordinates of >> something that I placed in axes coordinates? And how to I determine how >> many pixels I need to offset without knowing the dpi? >> >> >> Best, >> >> -Nikolaus >> >> -- >> »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« >> >> PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Achieve Improved Network Security with IP and DNS Reputation. >> Defend against bad network traffic, including botnets, malware, >> phishing sites, and compromised hosts - saving your company time, >> money, and embarrassment. Learn More! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpdev2dev-nov >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-users mailing list >> Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >> -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve Improved Network Security with IP and DNS Reputation. Defend against bad network traffic, including botnets, malware, phishing sites, and compromised hosts - saving your company time, money, and embarrassment. Learn More! http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpdev2dev-nov _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
