Font properties customization in Matplotlib - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the font size of the title to 20.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.title('My Plot', fontsize=[1])
plt.show()

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A10

B20

C25

D15

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a string instead of a number for fontsize.

Forgetting to pass fontsize parameter.

The fontsize parameter controls the size of the font. Setting it to 20 makes the title larger.

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medium

Complete the code to set the font family of the x-axis label to 'Comic Sans MS'.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.xlabel('X Axis', fontfamily=[1])
plt.show()

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A'Comic Sans MS'

B'Times New Roman'

C'Arial'

D'Courier New'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing font family without quotes.

Choosing a font family different from the instruction.

The fontfamily parameter sets the font style. 'Comic Sans MS' is a playful font often used for informal plots.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to make the y-axis label bold.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.ylabel('Y Axis', fontweight=[1])
plt.show()

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Abold

B'strong'

Cstrong

D'bold'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing fontweight without quotes causing a NameError.

Using incorrect keywords like 'strong' instead of 'bold'.

The fontweight parameter requires a string value like 'bold' to make the font bold.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set the font style of the legend to italic and font size to 14.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.legend(['Data'], prop={'style': [1], 'size': [2])
plt.show()

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A'italic'

B'bold'

C14

D12

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using font size as a string instead of a number.

Using 'bold' instead of 'italic' for style.

The prop dictionary controls font properties of the legend. 'style' set to 'italic' makes text slanted, and 'size' sets the font size.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a title with font family 'Verdana', font weight 'light', and font size 18.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.title('Custom Title', fontfamily=[1], fontweight=[2], fontsize=[3])
plt.show()

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A'Verdana'

B'light'

C18

D'bold'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up fontweight values or missing quotes.

Passing font size as a string instead of a number.

Setting fontfamily to 'Verdana', fontweight to 'light', and fontsize to 18 customizes the title font as requested.