Matplotlib text dimensions

Question

Is it possible to determine the dimensions of a matplotlib text object? How can I find the width and height in pixels?

Thanks

Edit: I think

Answer 1

Here is a small modification to the accepted answer;

If you want to get the width and height in axes coordinates, you can use the following:

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
r = fig.canvas.get_renderer()
t = ax.text(0.5, 0.5, 'test')

bb = t.get_window_extent(renderer=r).inverse_transformed(ax.transData)
width = bb.width
height = bb.height