Creating the Python Logo in Matplotlib

PythonLogo.ipynb

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    "# Recreating the Python Logo in Matplotlib\n",
    "\n",
    "*Jake VanderPlas*"
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    "%matplotlib inline\n",
    "%config InlineBackend.figure_format = 'svg'\n",
    "\n",
    "import numpy as np\n",
    "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
    "from matplotlib.path import Path\n",
    "from matplotlib.patches import PathPatch"
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    "# define shape of one half of the logo\n",
    "vertices = np.array([\n",
    " [    3,  480],\n",
    " [    3,  550],\n",
    " [ -260,  550],\n",
    " [ -480,  550],\n",
    " [ -480,  790],\n",
    " [ -480, 1080],\n",
    " [  440, 1080],\n",
    " [  486,  790],\n",
    " [  486,  270],\n",
    " [  470,   40],\n",
    " [  230,   30],\n",
    " [ -275,   30],\n",
    " [ -540,   20],\n",
    " [ -550, -240],\n",
    " [ -550, -495],\n",
    " [ -730, -495],\n",
    " [-1080, -480],\n",
    " [-1080,  460],\n",
    " [ -730,  480],\n",
    " [    3,  480]\n",
    "])\n",
    "\n",
    "codes = ([Path.MOVETO]\n",
    "         + 4 * [Path.LINETO]\n",
    "         + 3 * [Path.CURVE4]\n",
    "         + [Path.LINETO]\n",
    "         + 2 * [Path.CURVE3]\n",
    "         + [Path.LINETO]\n",
    "         + 2 * [Path.CURVE3]\n",
    "         + 2 * [Path.LINETO]\n",
    "         + 3 * [Path.CURVE4]\n",
    "         + [Path.CLOSEPOLY])\n",
    "\n",
    "# Add circular \"eye\"\n",
    "circ = Path.unit_circle()\n",
    "vertices = np.vstack([vertices, 88 * circ.vertices + [-266, 760]])\n",
    "codes = np.concatenate([codes, circ.codes])"
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