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15.2.8 Use of the "interpreter" Property ΒΆ

text (such as titles, labels, legend item) and axes objects feature an "interpreter and a "ticklabelinterpreter" property respectively. It determines the manner in which special control sequences in the text are rendered.

The interpreter property can take three values: "none", "tex", "latex".