Change the font size of title in Matplotlib

In Python, there are a lot of libraries that are used for data visualization. One of the libraries is the Matplotlib library. The Matplotlib library is a very good library when it comes to data visualisation in python. With the help of this library, many types of graphs and visual representations of the data can be made in Python.

While plotting graphs with the help of this library, it is always necessary to label everything on the graph and give the graph a proper title. This helps in understanding all the visualizations and graphs more efficiently.

In this tutorial, we will see how to add and modify the font of the title in Matplotlib library.

Use the matplotlib.pyplot.title() Function

The matplotlib.pyplot.title() function of the matplotlib library is used to assign the title to a given visualization or graph. This function has various parameters such as:

  • label (str) – This parameter is used to defines the text that is used for the title of the visualization.

  • fontdict (dict) – This parameter is a dictionary that is used to control the appearance of the text of the title. The default fontdict is:

  • loc (str) – This parameter defines the place of the title. There are three places for the title, left, right, and centre. The default value of this parameter is centre. This is an optional parameter i.e, it is not necessary to define it in every program.

Now let’s see how to use the matplotlib.pyplot.title() function with help of some examples:

Example 1:

Output:

  • In the above code, a straight line is plotted with the help of the formula y=mx+c. Note that to define the x coordinate, the linspace function of the NumPy module is used. The linspace() function helps in creating a random numerical sequence that are evenly spaced.
  • Also, note that the font sizes of the x and y label can also modify as per requirement

Example 2:

Output:

  • Note that in the given code, all the different components are named with the of labels parameter of the pie function of the matplotlib library which is defined in the starting itself.
  • Finally, the title is defined with a proper font size with centre as its default loc.

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