matplotlib
diff --git a/‎examples/text_labels_and_annotations/usetex_baseline_test.py
Lines changed: 19 additions & 21 deletions b/‎examples/text_labels_and_annotations/usetex_baseline_test.py
Lines changed: 19 additions & 21 deletions
@@ -8,62 +8,60 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.axes as maxes
 
-from matplotlib import rcParams
-rcParams['text.usetex'] = True
 
+plt.rcParams.update({"mathtext.fontset": "cm", "mathtext.rm": "serif"})
 
-class Axes(maxes.Axes):
+
+@maxes.subplot_class_factory
+class LatexPreviewSubplot(maxes.Axes):
     """
-    A hackish way to simultaneously draw texts w/ usetex=True and
-    usetex=False in the same figure. It does not work in the ps backend.
+    A hackish way to simultaneously draw texts with text.latex.preview=True and
+    text.latex.preview=False in the same figure.  It does not work with the ps
+    backend.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, usetex=False, preview=False, **kwargs):
-        self.
10000
usetex = usetex
+    def __init__(self, *args, preview=False, **kwargs):
         self.preview = preview
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def draw(self, renderer):
-        with plt.rc_context({"text.usetex": self.usetex,
-                             "text.latex.preview": self.preview}):
+        with plt.rc_context({"text.latex.preview": self.preview}):
             super().draw(renderer)
 
 
-subplot = maxes.subplot_class_factory(Axes)
-
-
 def test_window_extent(ax, usetex, preview):
 
-    va = "baseline"
     ax.xaxis.set_visible(False)
     ax.yaxis.set_visible(False)
 
-    text_kw = dict(va=va,
-                   size=50,
-                   bbox=dict(pad=0., ec="k", fc="none"))
-
     test_strings = ["lg", r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$",
                     r"$p^{3^A}$", r"$p_{3_2}$"]
 
     ax.axvline(0, color="r")
 
     for i, s in enumerate(test_strings):
-
         ax.axhline(i, color="r")
-        ax.text(0., 3 - i, s, **text_kw)
+        ax.text(0., 3 - i, s,
+                usetex=usetex,
+                verticalalignment="baseline",
+                size=50,
+                bbox=dict(pad=0, ec="k", fc="none"))
 
     ax.set_xlim(-0.1, 1.1)
     ax.set_ylim(-.8, 3.9)
 
-    ax.set_title("usetex=%s\npreview=%s" % (str(usetex), str(preview)))
+    title = f"usetex={usetex}\n"
+    if usetex:
+        title += f"preview={preview}"
+    ax.set_title(title)
 
 
 fig = plt.figure(figsize=(2 * 3, 6.5))
 
 for i, usetex, preview in [[0, False, False],
                            [1, True, False],
                            [2, True, True]]:
-    ax = subplot(fig, 1, 3, i + 1, usetex=usetex, preview=preview)
+    ax = LatexPreviewSubplot(fig, 1, 3, i + 1, preview=preview)
     fig.add_subplot(ax)
     fig.subplots_adjust(top=0.85)