Adjusting Text background transparency

Question

I\'m trying to put some text with a background on a matplotlib figure, with the text and background both transparent. The following code

import numpy as np
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Answer 1

The alpha passed to plt.text() will change the transparency of the text font. To change the background you have to change the alpha using Text.set_bbox():

t = plt.text(0.5, 0.5, 'text', transform=ax.transAxes, fontsize=30)
t.set_bbox(dict(facecolor='red', alpha=0.5, edgecolor='red'))
#changed first dict arg from "color='red'" to "facecolor='red'" to work on python 3.6