Using Path effects

We learned how to use the Path method to draw custom plots in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Basic Plots. Here, we will learn how to create effects such as a simple shadow and a hatch shadow using the path_effetcts attribute on various plotting objects.

Getting ready

Import the required libraries:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.patheffects import PathPatchEffect, SimpleLineShadow, Normal

How to do it...

The following code block plots a sigmoid curve and text object on the graph, with the path_effects attributes:

1. Define...