Font size guidelines 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 16.

Matplotlib

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

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A12

B16

C20

D10

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a string instead of an integer for fontsize.

Forgetting to set fontsize parameter.

The fontsize parameter controls the size of the title text. Setting it to 16 makes the title clearly visible.

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medium

Complete the code to set the font size of x-axis labels to 14.

Matplotlib

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

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A20

B18

C14

D10

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using fontsize too small to read.

Not passing fontsize parameter at all.

Setting fontsize=14 makes the x-axis label easy to read without being too large.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to set the font size of y-axis tick labels to 12.

Matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
ax = plt.gca()
plt.plot([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
plt.setp(ax.get_yticklabels(), fontsize=[1])
plt.show()

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A12

B'12'

C14

D10

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing font size as a string instead of an integer.

Using plt.yticks(fontsize=12) instead of plt.setp for tick labels.

The fontsize parameter must be an integer, not a string. Passing 12 sets the tick label font size correctly.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary setting font sizes for title and labels.

Matplotlib

font_sizes = {'title': [1], 'label': [2]

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A18

B14

C12

D16

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using smaller font size for title than labels.

Using same font size for both title and labels.

Common font size guidelines use 16 for titles and 14 for labels to keep text balanced and readable.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a font size dictionary and apply it to a plot.

Matplotlib

font_sizes = {'title': [1], 'xlabel': [2], 'ylabel': [3]
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.title('My Plot', fontsize=font_sizes['title'])
plt.xlabel('X Axis', fontsize=font_sizes['xlabel'])
plt.ylabel('Y Axis', fontsize=font_sizes['ylabel'])
plt.show()

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A18

B14

C12

D16

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using same font size for all labels.

Setting ylabel font size larger than title.

Using 16 for title, 14 for xlabel, and 12 for ylabel follows common font size guidelines for clear and balanced plots.