matplotlib · QuLogic · Sep 22, 2020 · Sep 19, 2020
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/18528-AL.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations/18528-AL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*minimumdescent* parameter/property of ``TextArea``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+`.offsetbox.TextArea` has behaved as if *minimumdescent* was always True
+(regardless of the value to which it was set) since Matplotlib 1.3, so the
+parameter/property is deprecated.
diff --git a/examples/misc/anchored_artists.py b/examples/misc/anchored_artists.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 class AnchoredText(AnchoredOffsetbox):
     def __init__(self, s, loc, pad=0.4, borderpad=0.5,
                  prop=None, frameon=True):
-        self.txt = TextArea(s, minimumdescent=False)
+        self.txt = TextArea(s)
         super().__init__(loc, pad=pad, borderpad=borderpad,
                          child=self.txt, prop=prop, frameon=frameon)
 
@@ -93,13 +93,10 @@ def __init__(self, transform, size, label, loc,
         """
         self.size_bar = AuxTransformBox(transform)
         self.size_bar.add_artist(Line2D([0, size], [0, 0], color="black"))
-
-        self.txt_label = TextArea(label, minimumdescent=False)
-
+        self.txt_label = TextArea(label)
         self._box = VPacker(children=[self.size_bar, self.txt_label],
                             align="center",
                             pad=0, sep=sep)
-
         super().__init__(loc, pad=pad, borderpad=borderpad,
                          child=self._box, prop=prop, frameon=frameon)
 

diff --git a/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/demo_annotation_box.py b/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/demo_annotation_box.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ax.plot(xy[0], xy[1], ".r")
 
 # Annotate the 1st position with a text box ('Test 1')
-offsetbox = TextArea("Test 1", minimumdescent=False)
+offsetbox = TextArea("Test 1")
 
 ab = AnnotationBbox(offsetbox, xy,
                     xybox=(-20, 40),
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 ax.add_artist(ab)
 
 # Annotate the 1st position with another text box ('Test')
-offsetbox = TextArea("Test", minimumdescent=False)
+offsetbox = TextArea("Test")
 
 ab = AnnotationBbox(offsetbox, xy,
                     xybox=(1.02, xy[1]),

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
@@ -755,8 +755,7 @@ def _init_legend_box(self, handles, labels, markerfirst=True):
                 handle_list.append(None)
             else:
                 textbox = TextArea(lab, textprops=label_prop,
-                                   multilinebaseline=True,
-                                   minimumdescent=True)
+                                   multilinebaseline=True)
                 handlebox = DrawingArea(width=self.handlelength * fontsize,
                                         height=height,
                                         xdescent=0., ydescent=descent)
@@ -790,12 +789,6 @@ def _init_legend_box(self, handles, labels, markerfirst=True):
                                  children=[h, t] if markerfirst else [t, h],
                                  align="baseline")
                          for h, t in handles_and_labels[i0:i0 + di]]
-            # minimumdescent=False for the text of the last row of the column
-            if markerfirst:
-                itemBoxes[-1].get_children()[1].set_minimumdescent(False)
-            else:
-                itemBoxes[-1].get_children()[0].set_minimumdescent(False)
-
             # pack columnBox
             alignment = "baseline" if markerfirst else "right"
             columnbox.append(VPacker(pad=0,

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py b/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py
@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ class TextArea(OffsetBox):
     width and height of the TextArea instance is the width and height of its
     child text.
     """
+
+    @cbook._delete_parameter("3.4", "minimumdescent")
     def __init__(self, s,
                  textprops=None,
                  multilinebaseline=None,
@@ -794,8 +796,9 @@ def __init__(self, s,
             If `True`, baseline for multiline text is adjusted so that it is
             (approximately) center-aligned with singleline text.
 
-        minimumdescent : bool, optional
-            If `True`, the box has a minimum descent of "p".
+        minimumdescent : bool, default: True
+            If `True`, the box has a minimum descent of "p".  This is now
+            effectively always True.
         """
         if textprops is None:
             textprops = {}
@@ -835,16 +838,20 @@ def get_multilinebaseline(self):
         """
         return self._multilinebaseline
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("3.4")
     def set_minimumdescent(self, t):
         """
         Set minimumdescent.
 
         If True, extent of the single line text is adjusted so that
-        it has minimum descent of "p"
+        its descent is at least the one of the glyph "p".
         """
+        # The current implementation of Text._get_layout always behaves as if
+        # this is True.
         self._minimumdescent = t
         self.stale = True
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("3.4")
     def get_minimumdescent(self):
         """
         Get minimumdescent.
@@ -893,16 +900,8 @@ def get_extent(self, renderer):
             yd_new = 0.5 * h - 0.5 * (h_ - d_)
             self._baseline_transform.translate(0, yd - yd_new)
             yd = yd_new
-
         else:  # single line
-
             h_d = max(h_ - d_, h - yd)
-
-            if self.get_minimumdescent():
-                # To have a minimum descent, i.e., "l" and "p" have same
-                # descents.
-                yd = max(yd, d_)
-
             h = h_d + yd
 
         ha = self._text.get_horizontalalignment()
@@ -1300,7 +1299,7 @@ def __init__(self, s, loc, pad=0.4, borderpad=0.5, prop=None, **kwargs):
             raise ValueError(
                 'Mixing verticalalignment with AnchoredText is not supported.')
 
-        self.txt = TextArea(s, textprops=prop, minimumdescent=False)
+        self.txt = TextArea(s, textprops=prop)
         fp = self.txt._text.get_fontproperties()
         super().__init__(
             loc, pad=pad, borderpad=borderpad, child=self.txt, prop=fp,

diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/anchored_artists.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/anchored_artists.py
@@ -337,10 +337,7 @@ def __init__(self, transform, size, label, loc,
         else:
             textprops = {'color': color, 'fontproperties': fontproperties}
 
-        self.txt_label = TextArea(
-            label,
-            minimumdescent=False,
-            textprops=textprops)
+        self.txt_label = TextArea(label, textprops=textprops)
 
         if label_top:
             _box_children = [self.txt_label, self.size_bar]