{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4044","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4044/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4044/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4044/events","html_url":"https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4044","id":55698801,"number":4044,"title":"Delete vertical lines (or vertical rules) in plt.table? How to remove cell boundaries and shows table as scientific tables?","user":{"login":"arnaldorusso","id":1857142,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1857142?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso","html_url":"https://github.com/arnaldorusso","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/labels/wishlist","name":"wishlist","color":"02d7e1"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/milestones/15","html_url":"https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/milestones/unassigned","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/milestones/15/labels","id":719140,"number":15,"title":"unassigned","description":null,"creator":{"login":"tacaswell","id":199813,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/199813?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell","html_url":"https://github.com/tacaswell","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tacaswell/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"open_issues":87,"closed_issues":43,"state":"open","created_at":"2014-07-12T20:04:20Z","updated_at":"2015-04-19T21:31:58Z","due_on":null,"closed_at":null},"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-01-28T00:53:25Z","updated_at":"2015-04-19T23:22:07Z","closed_at":"2015-04-19T21:31:58Z","body":"Is there any way to remove the vertical lines in a matplotlib table?\r\nOr even using `text.usetex=True` obtain a plot (using Arial for all texts and numbers) and append a table without vertical lines?\r\n\r\nMy code is this:\r\n\r\n    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n    import seaborn as sns\r\n\r\n    sns.set_style(\"ticks\")\r\n    plt.rcParams.update({'xtick.labelsize' : 9,\r\n                        'ytick.labelsize' : 9,\r\n                        'mathtext.fontset' : 'stixsans',\r\n                        'mathtext.default': 'regular'\r\n                        })\r\n\r\n    plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.17, right=0.96, top=0.97, bottom=0.09)\r\n\r\n    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5.5, 3.4))\r\n    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)\r\n\r\n    ax.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])\r\n    ax.set_xlabel('X Label')\r\n    ax.set_ylabel('Unit ('+u'μ'+r'velocity $\\cdot$ m$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$)',\r\n                 size=10)\r\n\r\n    l1 = [\"\",\"t0\", \"t1\", \"t2\", \"t3 \", \"t4\", \"t5\", \"t6\"]\r\n    l2 = [\"DLI\", 35, 38, 10, 22, 25, 85, 22]\r\n    t = ax.table(\r\n                colWidths=[0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1],\r\n                cellText = [l1, l2],\r\n                loc=\"upper center\",\r\n                colLoc=\"center\",\r\n                rowLoc=\"center\",\r\n                )\r\n    plt.savefig('mpl_table.png')\r\n    plt.show()\r\n\r\nI tried to include some LaTeX stuff in another plot, which preserves Arial font, but does not render the table with horizontal lines [Table correct](http://imgur.com/4TckUyb). When I get the table as I want, the fonts can not be setted to Arial.\r\n\r\n[Here](https://gist.github.com/arnaldorusso/e542b04245560300d4f7) the codes show the plots in two steps. First generating the [first plot](http://imgur.com/J1A01h5) and after running in a new session the [second plot](http://imgur.com/4TckUyb).\r\n\r\nMy main problem is to maintain the Arial font (mandatory rules in the guide for authors) and tables should be without vertical rules, as stated on [first plot](http://imgur.com/J1A01h5).\r\n\r\nI have here three approachs and no one satisfy those recquirements (e.g. Arial font and table with no vertical lines)\r\n\r\nI could not figure it out. Any clues?\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\nArnaldo."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/comments/94322546","html_url":"https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4044#issuecomment-94322546","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4044","id":94322546,"user":{"login":"arnaldorusso","id":1857142,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1857142?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso","html_url":"https://github.com/arnaldorusso","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arnaldorusso/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-19T23:22:07Z","updated_at":"2015-04-19T23:22:07Z","body":"Awesome!!\r\n\r\nSorry to not dedicate my time on this issue!\r\n\r\nThanks at all!"}}