Render table inside figure area

table_mpl_Arial.py

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## Fig 1
## Latex is ploting wrong font but including \hline on table
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib as mpl

simple_latex = {
    "text.latex.unicode" : True,
    "text.usetex": True,
    "font.family": "sans-serif",
    "font.serif": [],
    "font.sans-serif": ["Arial"],
    "font.monospace": [],
    "axes.labelsize": 9,
    "xtick.labelsize": 9,
    "ytick.labelsize": 9,
    "xtick.direction": "out",
    "ytick.direction": "out",
    "axes.axisbelow": True,
    "axes.facecolor": "white",
    "axes.linewidth": 1.25,
    "xtick.major.size": 0,
    "ytick.major.size": 0,
    "xtick.minor.size": 0,
    "ytick.minor.size": 0,
    "mathtext.fontset" : "stixsans",
    "mathtext.default": "regular",
    "pgf.preamble": [
        r"\usepackage{mathspec}",
        r"\setmathsfont(Digits,Latin,Greek){Arial}"
        ]
    }
mpl.rcParams.update(simple_latex)

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5.5, 3.4))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
ax.set_ylabel('Unit ('+u'μ'+r'velocity $\cdot$ m$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$)', size=10)
table = r'''\begin{tabular}{lccccccc}\hline& t0& t1 & t2 & t3 & t4 & t5 & t6 \\\hline DLI & 35 & 38 & 10 & 22 & 25 & 85 & 22 \\\hline\end{tabular}'''
plt.text(1, 5, table, size=9)
plt.savefig('Latex_without_Arial.pdf')
plt.show()

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## [Fig 2]
## Latex is ploting right font (Arial) but not including spaces and \hline on table
####################################################################################

import matplotlib as mpl
mpl.use('pgf')

pgf_with_xelatex = {
    "pgf.texsystem": "xelatex",
    "text.usetex": True,
    "font.family": "sans-serif",
    "font.serif": [],
    "font.sans-serif": ["Arial"],
    "font.monospace": [],
    "axes.labelsize": 9,
    "xtick.labelsize": 9,
    "ytick.labelsize": 9,
    "xtick.direction": "out",
    "ytick.direction": "out",
    "axes.axisbelow": True,
    "axes.facecolor": "white",
    "axes.linewidth": 1.25,
    "xtick.major.size": 0,
    "ytick.major.size": 0,
    "xtick.minor.size": 0,
    "ytick.minor.size": 0,
    "mathtext.fontset" : "stixsans",
    "mathtext.default": "regular",
    "pgf.preamble": [
        r"\usepackage{mathspec}",
        r"\setmathsfont(Digits,Latin,Greek){Arial}"
        ]
    }
mpl.rcParams.update(pgf_with_xelatex)

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.12, right=0.97, top=0.95, bottom=0.1)

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5.5, 3.4))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)

ax.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
ax.set_xlabel('X Label')
ax.set_ylabel('EMA  x$^{2}$'+u' μ '+r'1, 2, 3, 9')  # +u'μ'+

table = r'''\begin{tabular}{lccccccc}\hline& t0& t1 & t2 & t3 & t4 & t5 & t6 \\\hline DLI & 35 & 38 & 10 & 22 & 25 & 85 & 22 \\\hline\end{tabular}'''
plt.text(1, 5, table, size=9)
plt.savefig('Latex+Arial.pdf')