# How to add LaTeX Annotations for 3-d Plots (Backend GR and Pyplot)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-latex-annotations-for-3-d-plots-backend-gr-and-pyplot/85473
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** latex, plots
**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-latex-annotations-for-3-d-plots-backend-gr-and-pyplot/85473 "2022-08-08T13:16:02Z")
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### Author: ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-latex-annotations-for-3-d-plots-backend-gr-and-pyplot/85473/4 "2022-08-08T17:06:57Z")

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The following workaround seems to allow the text to be displayed on a 2D canvas over the 3D plot. But we have to manually adjust the coordinates until we are satisfied:

```julia
plot!([0.77], [0.75], text=L"\pi/2")

```

 ![Plots_gr_plot_Latex_text_on_3D_plots](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/b/cbb21c161c23060bb01e411c10d6fd9ecb365151.png)

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