.. _api-watermark_text:

api example code: watermark_text.py
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.. plot:: /home/mandrake/rpm/BUILD/matplotlib-1.1.1/doc/mpl_examples/api/watermark_text.py

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    """
    Use a Text as a watermark
    """
    import numpy as np
    #import matplotlib
    #matplotlib.use('Agg')
    
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    fig = plt.figure()
    
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.plot(np.random.rand(20), '-o', ms=20, lw=2, alpha=0.7, mfc='orange')
    ax.grid()
    
    # position bottom right
    fig.text(0.95, 0.05, 'Property of MPL',
             fontsize=50, color='gray',
             ha='right', va='bottom', alpha=0.5)
    
    plt.show()
    

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