"""
==============
Text watermark
==============

A watermark effect can be achieved by drawing a semi-transparent text.
"""
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)


fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(np.random.rand(20), '-o', ms=20, lw=2, alpha=0.7, mfc='orange')
ax.grid()

ax.text(0.5, 0.5, 'created with matplotlib', transform=ax.transAxes,
        fontsize=40, color='gray', alpha=0.5,
        ha='center', va='center', rotation='30')

plt.show()

#############################################################################
#
# .. admonition:: References
#
#    The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
#    in this example:
#
#    - `matplotlib.figure.Figure.text`
