""" ============================= Demo Anchored Direction Arrow ============================= """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.anchored_artists import AnchoredDirectionArrows import matplotlib.font_manager as fm # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.imshow(np.random.random((10, 10))) # Simple example simple_arrow = AnchoredDirectionArrows(ax.transAxes, 'X', 'Y') ax.add_artist(simple_arrow) # High contrast arrow high_contrast_part_1 = AnchoredDirectionArrows( ax.transAxes, '111', r'11$\overline{2}$', loc='upper right', arrow_props={'ec': 'w', 'fc': 'none', 'alpha': 1, 'lw': 2} ) ax.add_artist(high_contrast_part_1) high_contrast_part_2 = AnchoredDirectionArrows( ax.transAxes, '111', r'11$\overline{2}$', loc='upper right', arrow_props={'ec': 'none', 'fc': 'k'}, text_props={'ec': 'w', 'fc': 'k', 'lw': 0.4} ) ax.add_artist(high_contrast_part_2) # Rotated arrow fontprops = fm.FontProperties(family='serif') roatated_arrow = AnchoredDirectionArrows( ax.transAxes, '30', '120', loc='center', color='w', angle=30, fontproperties=fontprops ) ax.add_artist(roatated_arrow) # Altering arrow directions a1 = AnchoredDirectionArrows( ax.transAxes, 'A', 'B', loc='lower center', length=-0.15, sep_x=0.03, sep_y=0.03, color='r' ) ax.add_artist(a1) a2 = AnchoredDirectionArrows( ax.transAxes, 'A', ' B', loc='lower left', aspect_ratio=-1, sep_x=0.01, sep_y=-0.02, color='orange' ) ax.add_artist(a2) a3 = AnchoredDirectionArrows( ax.transAxes, ' A', 'B', loc='lower right', length=-0.15, aspect_ratio=-1, sep_y=-0.1, sep_x=0.04, color='cyan' ) ax.add_artist(a3) plt.show()