.. _pylab_examples-figure_title:

pylab_examples example code: figure_title.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/figure_title.py

::

    from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np
    
    
    def f(t):
        s1 = np.cos(2*np.pi*t)
        e1 = np.exp(-t)
        return s1 * e1
    
    t1 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1)
    t2 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02)
    t3 = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
    
    
    plt.subplot(121)
    plt.plot(t1, f(t1), 'o', t2, f(t2), '-')
    plt.title('subplot 1')
    plt.ylabel('Damped oscillation')
    plt.suptitle('This is a somewhat long figure title', fontsize=16)
    
    
    plt.subplot(122)
    plt.plot(t3, np.cos(2*np.pi*t3), '--')
    plt.xlabel('time (s)')
    plt.title('subplot 2')
    plt.ylabel('Undamped')
    
    plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.2, wspace=0.8, top=0.8)
    
    plt.show()
    

Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)