""" ==================== Usetex text baseline ==================== Comparison of text baselines computed for mathtext and usetex. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams.update({"mathtext.fontset": "cm", "mathtext.rm": "serif"}) axs = plt.figure(figsize=(2 * 3, 6.5)).subplots(1, 2) for ax, usetex in zip(axs, [False, True]): ax.axvline(0, color="r") test_strings = ["lg", r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$", r"$p^{3^A}$", r"$p_{3_2}$"] for i, s in enumerate(test_strings): ax.axhline(i, color="r") ax.text(0., 3 - i, s, usetex=usetex, verticalalignment="baseline", size=50, bbox=dict(pad=0, ec="k", fc="none")) ax.set(xlim=(-0.1, 1.1), ylim=(-.8, 3.9), xticks=[], yticks=[], title=f"usetex={usetex}\n") plt.show()