Automatically Update Matplotlib Text Position with Python adjustText to Avoid Overlaps

Automatically update the text on your Matplotlib or seaborn figures so it doesn't overlap with adjustText! In this Python Matplotlib tips video, I show you how to use a Python package called adjustText to automatically update your Matplotlib text position so that the text doesn't overlap. First I answer, "What is adjustText?" Then I show you how to get adjusttext using "pip install adjustText". Next, we walk through the code basics: how to import python adjusttext and how to use it to update your Matplotlib text annotation so that they don't overlap or hang outside of the figure. I also demo using adjusttext to update seaborn text through plt.text. I describe how adjustText works in an iterative process. Then I show you how to do other things with adjustText like adding arrows, using expand_points to avoid large markers, and saving each iteration as a figure so you can make your own GIF. Join me to learn about Python adjustText and save yourself the hassle of manually updating your Matplotlib text placement.

0:00 Introduction
0:26 What is adjustText?
0:46 Install adjustText
1:03 Code Basics
3:30 adjustText with seaborn
5:54 How does adjustText work?
6:46 Add Arrows
7:56 Expand Points
8:55 Make your own GIF!
10:51 bl00pers

// More adjustText EXAMPLES:
https://github.com/Phlya/adjustText/blob/master/docs/source/Examples.ipynb

// GitHub CODE:
https://github.com/kimfetti/Videos/blob/master/Additional_Content/adjust_text_demo.ipynb
https://github.com/Phlya/adjustText

// Related VIDEOS:
Add Text to Matplotlib Figures - https://youtu.be/NBYzSaTbodM
Seaborn scatterplot - https://youtu.be/4yz4cMXCkuw
Full MATPLOTLIB TIPS Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtPIclEQf-3dJmAj3IsSRwRoLbX-n3J81

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