Matplotlib using text instead of marker BUT can't be the best way to do it?
<p>I would just like to make sure I am on the right track here as this seems to be pretty cumbersome for Matplotlib. I want to use a label as a marker on a plot and have it working to some degree. It uses mathtext BUT I wonder if there isn't another way to do it?  Here is the code.</p>

<pre><code>import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = []
y = []

symbol = "AAPL"

x = range(5)
y = [5,10,12,15,11]

plt.plot(x,y,lw=2.5,color='r',linestyle='solid',marker=r"$ {} $".format(symbol),markersize=25)

plt.show()
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