python matplotlib Text class

from matplotlib\text.py

@cbook._define_aliases({
    "color": ["c"],
    "fontfamily": ["family"],
    "fontproperties": ["font_properties"],
    "horizontalalignment": ["ha"],
    "multialignment": ["ma"],
    "fontname": ["name"],
    "fontsize": ["size"],
    "fontstretch": ["stretch"],
    "fontstyle": ["style"],
    "fontvariant": ["variant"],
    "verticalalignment": ["va"],
    "fontweight": ["weight"],
})
class Text(Artist):
    """Handle storing and drawing of text in window or data coordinates."""

    zorder = 3
    _cached = cbook.maxdict(50)

    def __repr__(self):
        return "Text(%s, %s, %s)" % (self._x, self._y, repr(self._text))

    def __init__(self,
                 x=0, y=0, text='',
                 color=None,           # defaults to rc params
                 verticalalignment='baseline',
                 horizontalalignment='left',
                 multialignment=None,
                 fontproperties=None,  # defaults to FontProperties()
                 rotation=None,
                 linespacing=None,
                 rotation_mode=None,
                 usetex=None,          # defaults to rcParams['text.usetex']
                 wrap=False,
                 **kwargs
                 ):
        """
        Create a `.Text` instance at *x*, *y* with string *text*.

        Valid kwargs are
        %(Text)s
        """

        Artist.__init__(self)
        self._x, self._y = x, y

        if color is None:
            color = rcParams['text.color']
        if fontproperties is None:
            fontproperties = FontProperties()
        elif isinstance(fontproperties, str):
            fontproperties = FontProperties(fontproperties)

        self._text = ''
        self.set_text(text)
        self.set_color(color)
        self.set_usetex(usetex)
        self.set_wrap(wrap)
        self.set_verticalalignment(verticalalignment)
        self.set_horizontalalignment(horizontalalignment)
        self._multialignment = multialignment
        self._rotation = rotation
        self._fontproperties = fontproperties
        self._bbox_patch = None  # a FancyBboxPatch instance
        self._renderer = None
        if linespacing is None:
            linespacing = 1.2   # Maybe use rcParam later.
        self._linespacing = linespacing
        self.set_rotation_mode(rotation_mode)
        self.update(kwargs)