[Matplotlib-users] Happy Valentine's Day

[jules h. <hu...@ha...>]

Feel free to 'save and run', pass along, or ignore.
This was my valentine's day present today.
I hope the bandwidth amuses more than it annoys...

Jules

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# hohumheart.py

import numpy as np
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Polygon

# force square figure and square axes looks better for polar, IMO
width, height = mpl.rcParams['figure.figsize']
size = min(width, height)
# make a square figure
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(size, size))
ax = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8], polar=True, axisbg='#ffffff')

ax.set_rmax(2.0)
ax.set_xticks([])
ax.set_yticks([])
plt.grid(False)

theta = np.linspace(0,1,100)*np.pi*2
r = 1*(1-np.cos(theta))

ncards = 5
step = 2*np.pi/ncards
for ii in range(ncards):
	tr = np.column_stack((theta+ii*step, r))
	cpatch = Polygon(tr)
	cpatch.set_facecolor('r')
	cpatch.set_edgecolor('k')
	cpatch.set_alpha(0.5)
	ax.add_patch(cpatch)

ax.set_title("I $\heartsuit$ you", fontsize=20)
plt.show()

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