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On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Nils Wagner
<nw...@ia...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I would like to visualize the ovality of a perturbed
>>> circular path by a polar plot.
>>> How can I improve the view wrt to scaling and ticks ?
>>
>> ylim(0, 2)
>> yticks(arange(0, 2, 0.25))

> Thank you for your reply.
>
> It is on the right path.
>
> Is it possible to restrict the view to an annulus
> 0.75 < r < 1.25 ?
>

Sorry, I'm not sure about that. I've cc'd the list incase anyone else can help.

Cheers,

Matt

-- 
Matt Foster | http://hackerific.net

On 12/1/2008 7:27 PM Mike Hearne apparently wrote:
 > The long answer is:  I have a map with a varying background.  I'd like to be able to create a white drop-shadow 
behind darker text, so that the text can stand out reasonably clearly against most colored backgrounds.

OK.  I can imagine this. If I wanted a quick pass at
a cheap substitute for that kind of effect in PostScript, I'd
probably stroke the text outline in white and then fill
in the dark color.  Do not know if that is possible in mpl or
desirable for you.

 > The short answer is that my customers want it.

Reason enough.

Thanks,
Alan

The long answer is:  I have a map with a varying background.  I'd like to 
be able to create a white drop-shadow behind darker text, so that the text 
can stand out reasonably clearly against most colored backgrounds.

The short answer is that my customers want it.

--Mike



Alan G Isaac <ai...@am...> 
12/01/08 02:25 PM

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Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot with drop shadow






Mike Hearne wrote:
 > Along similar lines, has anyone figured out a way to have a drop shadow 
effect for text on a plot?

Out of curiosity, what is the payoff
(in communication or aesthetics)
of such a thing?

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

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