Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot with drop shadow

[Mike H. <mh...@us...>]

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



twentypoundtrout <twe...@ya...> 
12/01/08 01:43 PM

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John Hunter-4 wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Nate <ten...@ya...> wrote:
>> Is there a way to plot lines with drop shadows?
>>
> 
> Nothing built-in -- but you can fake it::
> 
>     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>     import numpy as np
> 
>     t = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
>     s = np.sin(2*np.pi*t)
> 
>     fig = plt.figure()
>     ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
>     ax.plot(t+0.01, s-0.01, color='gray', lw=2)
>     ax.plot(t, s, color='blue', lw=3)
>     plt.show()
> 
> JDH
> 
> 

So there is no way to say plot a line.  Grab that image.  Apply a standard
SVG filter (like Gaussian). And overlay the blur?  I do not know the PIL
well enough to know if this is feasible.
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