From 0c4e4a8681370b5c5c819f557337a173127ababd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hannah <story645@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 09:58:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #27036: updated artist_intro.rst
---
galleries/users_explain/artists/artist_intro.rst | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/artists/artist_intro.rst b/galleries/users_explain/artists/artist_intro.rst
index 213a945f44b8..d23c59da631d 100644
--- a/galleries/users_explain/artists/artist_intro.rst
+++ b/galleries/users_explain/artists/artist_intro.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ and :doc:`Axes <../axes/index>` are Artists, and generally contain
Creating Artists
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Usually we do not instantiate Artists directly, but rather use a plotting
method on `~.axes.Axes`. Some examples of plotting methods and the Artist
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Artist via `~.Axes.get_lines()`:
Line2D(example)
Changing Artist properties
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Getting the ``lines`` object gives us access to all the properties of the
Line2D object. So if we want to change the *linewidth* after the fact, we can do so using `.Artist.set`.
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Note most Artists also have a distinct list of setters; e.g.
`.Line2D.set_color` or `.Line2D.set_linewidth`.
Changing Artist data
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
In addition to styling properties like *color* and *linewidth*, the Line2D
object has a *data* property. You can set the data after the line has been
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ same line is shown evolving over time (see :doc:`../animations/index`)
lines[0].set_data([x, np.cos(x)])
Manually adding Artists
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not all Artists have helper methods, or you may want to use a low-level method
for some reason. For example the `.patches.Circle` Artist does not have a
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ be clipped, as is the case above for the ``clipped_circle`` patch.
See :ref:`artist_reference` for other patches.
Removing Artists
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sometimes we want to remove an Artist from a figure without re-specifying the
whole figure from scratch. Most Artists have a usable *remove* method that