Merge pull request #8211 from NelleV/MEP12_text_labels_and_annotations

dstansby · web-flow · commit f49ff661aeb4 · 2017-03-08T09:26:18.000Z
Mep12 text labels and annotations
diff --git a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/autowrap_demo.py b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/autowrap_demo.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 """
-Auto-wrapping text demo.
+==================
+Auto-wrapping text
+==================
+
+Matplotlib can wrap text automatically, but if it's too long, the text will be
+displayed slightly outside of the boundaries of the axis anyways.
 """
+
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 fig = plt.figure()
@@ -12,7 +18,7 @@
 plt.text(6, 5, t, ha='left', rotation=15, wrap=True)
 plt.text(5, 5, t, ha='right', rotation=-15, wrap=True)
 plt.text(5, 10, t, fontsize=18, style='oblique', ha='center',
-        va='top', wrap=True)
+         va='top', wrap=True)
 plt.text(3, 4, t, family='serif', style='italic', ha='right', wrap=True)
 plt.text(-1, 0, t, ha='left', rotation=-15, wrap=True)
 
diff --git a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/text_demo_fontdict.py b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/text_demo_fontdict.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 """
-Demo using fontdict to control style of text and labels.
+=======================================================
+Controlling style of text and labels using a dictionary
+=======================================================
+
+This example shows how to share parameters across many text objects and labels
+by creating a dictionary of options passed across several functions.
 """
+
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
