Tex

For TextMobject object, the input is plain text therefore Latex letters and symbols are denoted by a $⋯$ pair. But for TexMobject object, the input is Latex code and plain text is entered as Latex code \text{⋯}.

Tex Font

Font Style

default font family
document font family	\textnormal
math default	\mathnormal
roman font family	\textrm
math roman	\mathrm
teletype font  family	\texttt
math typewriter	\mathtt
sans serif font family	\textsf
math sans serif	\mathsf
small capitals	\textsc
italic shape	\textit
math italic	\mathit
bold	\textbf
math bold	\mathbf
math fraktur	\mathfrak
math double struck	\mathds
math script	\mathscr
math calligraphic	\mathcal
math blackboard	\mathbb

Example

Code

# folder/file: tut/manim_useful_textmobject_style_001a.py
from manimlib.scene.scene import Scene
from manimlib.mobject.svg.tex_mobject import TexMobject, TextMobject

class manim_useful_textmobject_style_001a(Scene): 
      
   def construct(self):
      text="{0123456789\\ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\\ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}"
      self.add(TexMobject("%s" %text).shift([0,3.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textnormal%s" %text).shift([0,3.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\mathnormal%s" %text).shift([0,2.9,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textrm%s" %text).shift([0,2.5,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\mathrm%s" %text).shift([0,2.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject(r"\texttt%s" %text).shift([0,1.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject(r"\mathtt%s" %text).shift([0,1.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\textsf%s$" %text).shift([0,0.9,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\mathsf%s$" %text).shift([0,0.5,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textsc%s" %text).shift([0,0.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textit%s" %text).shift([0,-0.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\mathit%s" %text).shift([0,-0.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textbf%s" %text).shift([0,-1.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\mathbf%s" %text).shift([0,-1.5,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\mathfrak%s$" %text).shift([0,-1.9,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\mathds%s$" %text).shift([0,-2.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\mathscr%s$" %text).shift([0,-2.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject(r"\\mathcal%s" %text).shift([0,-3.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\mathbb%s$" %text).shift([0,-3.5,0]).scale(0.6))

Output

Text Style

roman font family	\mathrm
text mode	\text
emphasis, itallics	\emph
upright shape	\textup
italic shape	\textit
slanted shape	\textsl
Small Capitals	\textsc
Uppercase, All caps	\uppercase
bold style	\textbf
medium style	\textmd
tiny size	\tiny
script size	\scriptsize
footnote size	\footnotesize
small size	\small
normal size	\normalsize
large size	\large
Large size	\Large
LARGE size	\LARGE
huge size	\huge
Huge size	\Huge

Example

Code

# folder/file: tut/manim_useful_textmobject_style_001a.py
from manimlib.scene.scene import Scene
from manimlib.mobject.svg.tex_mobject import TexMobject, TextMobject

class manim_useful_textmobject_style_002a(Scene): 
      
   def construct(self):
      text="{0123456789\\ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\\ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}"
      self.add(TexMobject("\\mathrm%s" %text).shift([0,2.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\text%s" %text).shift([0,0.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\emph%s" %text).shift([0,3.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textup%s" %text).shift([0,3.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textit%s" %text).shift([0,2.9,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\textsl%s" %text).shift([0,2.5,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject(r"\textsc%s" %text).shift([0,1.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject(r"\uppercase%s" %text).shift([0,1.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\textbf%s$" %text).shift([0,0.9,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\textmd%s$" %text).shift([0,0.5,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\tiny%s" %text).shift([0,-0.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\scriptsize%s" %text).shift([0,-0.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\footnotesize%s" %text).shift([0,-1.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject("\\small%s" %text).shift([0,-1.5,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\normalsize%s$" %text).shift([0,-1.9,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\large%s$" %text).shift([0,-2.3,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\Large%s$" %text).shift([0,-2.7,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TexMobject(r"\LARGE%s" %text).shift([0,-3.1,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\huge%s$" %text).shift([0,-3.5,0]).scale(0.6))
      self.add(TextMobject("$\\Huge%s$" %text).shift([0,-3.9,0]).scale(0.6))

Output