2.10.16 Graphics Primitives for Text

With the Text graphics primitive, you can insert text at any position in two- or three-dimensional Mathematica graphics. Unless you explicitly specify a style or font using StyleForm, the text will be given in your current default style.

Text[expr, {x, y}]	text centered at the point {x, y}
Text[expr, {x, y}, {-1, 0}]	text with its left-hand end at {x, y}
Text[expr, {x, y}, {1, 0}]	right-hand end at {x, y}
Text[expr, {x, y}, {0, -1}]	centered above {x, y}
Text[expr, {x, y}, {0, 1}]	centered below {x, y}
Text[expr, {x, y}, {dx, dy}]	text positioned so that {x, y} is at relative coordinates {dx, dy} within the box that bounds the text
Text[expr, {x, y}, {dx, dy}, {0, 1}]
	text oriented vertically to read from bottom to top
Text[expr, {x, y}, {dx, dy}, {0, -1}]
	text that reads from top to bottom
Text[expr, {x, y}, {dx, dy}, {-1, 0}]
	text that is upside-down

When you specify an offset for text, the relative coordinates that are used are taken to run from to 1 in each direction across the box that bounds the text. The point {0, 0} in this coordinate system is defined to be center of the text. Note that the offsets you specify need not lie in the range to 1.

Note that you can specify the color of a piece of text by preceding the Text graphics primitive with an appropriate RGBColor or other graphics directive.

Text[expr, {x, y, z}]	text centered at the point {x, y, z}
Text[expr, {x, y, z}, {sdx, sdy}]	text with a two-dimensional offset

Note that when you use text in three-dimensional graphics, Mathematica assumes that the text is never hidden by any polygons or other objects.

option name	default value
Background	None	background color
TextStyle	{}	style or font specification
FormatType	StandardForm	format type