>>> """
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Precise text layout
===================

You can precisely layout text in data or axes coordinates.  This example shows
you some of the alignment and rotation specifications for text layout.
"""
... 
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... 
... fig, ax = plt.subplots()
... 
... # Build a rectangle in axes coords
... left, width = .25, .5
... bottom, height = .25, .5
... right = left + width
... top = bottom + height
... p = plt.Rectangle((left, bottom), width, height, fill=False)
... p.set_transform(ax.transAxes)
... p.set_clip_on(False)
... ax.add_patch(p)
... 
... ax.text(left, bottom, 'left top',
...         horizontalalignment='left',
...         verticalalignment='top',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(left, bottom, 'left bottom',
...         horizontalalignment='left',
...         verticalalignment='bottom',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(right, top, 'right bottom',
...         horizontalalignment='right',
...         verticalalignment='bottom',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(right, top, 'right top',
...         horizontalalignment='right',
...         verticalalignment='top',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(right, bottom, 'center top',
...         horizontalalignment='center',
...         verticalalignment='top',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(left, 0.5 * (bottom + top), 'right center',
...         horizontalalignment='right',
...         verticalalignment='center',
...         rotation='vertical',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(left, 0.5 * (bottom + top), 'left center',
...         horizontalalignment='left',
...         verticalalignment='center',
...         rotation='vertical',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(0.5 * (left + right), 0.5 * (bottom + top), 'middle',
...         horizontalalignment='center',
...         verticalalignment='center',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(right, 0.5 * (bottom + top), 'centered',
...         horizontalalignment='center',
...         verticalalignment='center',
...         rotation='vertical',
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.text(left, top, 'rotated\nwith newlines',
...         horizontalalignment='center',
...         verticalalignment='center',
...         rotation=45,
...         transform=ax.transAxes)
... 
... ax.set_axis_off()
... 
... plt.show()
...