text to be converted.

        ismath : {False, True, "TeX"}
            If True, use mathtext parser.  If "TeX", use tex for rendering.

        Returns
        -------
        verts : list
            A list of numpy arrays containing the x and y coordinates of the
            vertices.

        codes : list
            A list of path codes.

        Examples
        --------
        Create a list of vertices and codes from a text, and create a `.Path`
        from those::

            from matplotlib.path import Path
            from matplotlib.text import TextToPath
            from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties

            fp = FontProperties(family="Humor Sans", style="italic")
            verts, codes = TextToPath().get_text_path(fp, "ABC")
            path = Path(verts, codes, closed=False)

        Also see `TextPath` for a more direct way to create a path from a text.
        r2