""" Load a mathtext image as numpy array """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.mathtext as mathtext import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib matplotlib.rc('image', origin='upper') parser = mathtext.MathTextParser("Bitmap") parser.to_png('test2.png', r'$\left[\left\lfloor\frac{5}{\frac{\left(3\right)}{4}} y\right)\right]$', color='green', fontsize=14, dpi=100) rgba1, depth1 = parser.to_rgba(r'IQ: $\sigma_i=15$', color='blue', fontsize=20, dpi=200) rgba2, depth2 = parser.to_rgba(r'some other string', color='red', fontsize=20, dpi=200) fig = plt.figure() fig.figimage(rgba1.astype(float)/255., 100, 100) fig.figimage(rgba2.astype(float)/255., 100, 300) plt.show()