[Matplotlib-users] mixing mathtext and regular text. possible?

[Mark B. <ma...@gm...>]

Does anybody know a way to mix mathtext and regular text, for example in th=
e
axis label?

Something like

xlabel(r'$\rho^2$ along axis')

doesn't work. I know this is mentioned in the manual.
Just wondering if somebody knows a workaround rather than using the full
Latex option.

Thanks, Mark