om the
            :ref:`rcParams<customizing-with-dynamic-rc-settings>`.

        _interpolation_steps : int, optional
            (Currently ignored)

        usetex : bool, default: False
            Whether to use tex rendering.

        Examples
        --------
        The following creates a path from the string "ABC" with Helvetica
        font face; and another path from the latex fraction 1/2::

            from matplotlib.text import TextPath
            from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties

            fp = FontProperties(family="Helvetica", style="italic")
            path1 = TextPath((12, 12), "ABC", size=12, prop=fp)
            path2 = TextPath((0, 0), r"$\frac{1}{2}$", size=12, usetex=True)

        Also see :doc:`/gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/demo_text_path`.
        r