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+"""
+Text formatting
+===============
+
+There are various options to format text added to a plot as well as the title of the
+plot and labels of colorbars, Cartesian axes, and legend entries, including,
+superscripts, subscripts, underlining and small caps (for an overview see
+(:doc:`Text Formatting </techref/text_formatting>`). It's also possible to change the
+font as well as its color and size only for specific characters of a longer text. The
+supported fonts are listed at :doc:`Supported Fonts  </techref/fonts>`.
+"""
+
+# %%
+import pygmt
+
+fig = pygmt.Figure()
+fig.basemap(region=[-1, 1, -4, 4], projection="X4c/5c", frame=0)
+
+# Change font color for specific characters of the word "PyGMT"
+# blue for "P", yellow for "y", and red for "GMT"
+fig.text(x=0, y=3, text="@;63/124/173;P@;;@;255/212/59;y@;;@;238/86/52;GMT@;;")
+
+# Change font size and style for a single character, respectively
+fig.text(x=0, y=2, text="te@:15:x@::t     tex@%Courier-Oblique%t@%%")
+
+# Superscript
+fig.text(x=0, y=1, text="E = mc@+2@+")
+
+# Subscripts and Greek letters
+fig.text(x=0, y=0, text="@~s@~@-ij@- = c@-ijkl@- @~e@~@-kl@-")
+
+# Combine two characters above each other
+fig.text(x=0, y=-1, text="@!_~")
+
+# Underline the text
+fig.text(x=0, y=-2, text="@_underlined text@_")
+
+# Use small caps
+fig.text(x=0, y=-3, text="@#text in small caps@#")
+
+fig.show()