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+{
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+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "0dfaa938-057e-4201-a936-a17c7a1009a9",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# The PyGMT version:\n",
+    "import pygmt\n",
+    "\n",
+    "fig = pygmt.Figure()\n",
+    "fig.basemap(projection=\"N15c\", region=[0, 360, -90, 90], frame=True)\n",
+    "fig.coast(land=\"tan\", water=\"lightblue\")\n",
+    "fig.text(position=\"MC\", text=\"GMT\", font=\"80p,Helvetica-Bold,red@75\")\n",
+    "fig.show()\n",
+    "fig.savefig(\"PyGMT_map.png\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "7d56a075-5a02-4730-8c35-2aef38027739",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "%%bash\n",
+    "# The GMT CLI version:\n",
+    "gmt begin GMT_map png\n",
+    "    gmt basemap -JN15c -R0/360/-90/90 -B\n",
+    "    gmt coast -Gtan -Slightblue\n",
+    "    echo GMT | gmt text -F+f80p,Helvetica-Bold,red@75+cMC\n",
+    "gmt end show"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "b304fb4a-d258-470f-89a7-6b2da0ca9283",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Sequence of strings for the PyGMT code.\n",
+    "pygmt_str = \"\"\"\n",
+    "import pygmt\n",
+    "\n",
+    "fig = pygmt.Figure()\n",
+    "fig.basemap(projection=\"N15c\", region=[0, 360, -90, 90], frame=True)\n",
+    "fig.coast(land=\"tan\", water=\"lightblue\")\n",
+    "fig.text(position=\"MC\", text=\"GMT\", font=\"80p,Helvetica-Bold,red@@75\")\n",
+    "fig.show()\n",
+    "fig.savefig(\"PyGMT_map.png\")\n",
+    "\"\"\".splitlines()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "1c229785-c7dc-49e7-960d-c528aee8995a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Sequence of strings for the GMT CLI code.\n",
+    "# The leading tab characters are intentional to match the indentation.\n",
+    "gmt_str = \"\"\"\n",
+    "gmt begin GMT_map png\n",
+    "\\tgmt basemap -JN15c -R0/360/-90/90 -B\n",
+    "\\tgmt coast -Gtan -Slightblue\n",
+    "\\techo GMT | gmt text -F+f80p,Helvetica-Bold,red@@75+cMC\n",
+    "gmt end show\n",
+    "\"\"\".splitlines()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "fa313831-3369-4dc3-bb92-6ca7b671dd65",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import pygmt\n",
+    "\n",
+    "fig = pygmt.Figure()\n",
+    "pygmt.config(FONT_TITLE=\"10p\", MAP_TITLE_OFFSET=\"4p\")\n",
+    "fig.basemap(region=[0, 20, 0, 3], projection=\"X7.5c/2c\", frame=\"lrtb+tGMT CLI\")\n",
+    "fig.paragraph(\n",
+    "    x=0.25,\n",
+    "    y=0.6,\n",
+    "    text=gmt_str,\n",
+    "    parwidth=50,\n",
+    "    linespacing=0.25,\n",
+    "    alignment=\"left\",\n",
+    "    justify=\"BL\",\n",
+    "    font=\"Courier-Bold,6p\"\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "fig.shift_origin(xshift=\"w+0.1c\")\n",
+    "fig.basemap(region=[0, 20, 0, 3], projection=\"X9.25c/2c\", frame=\"lrtb+tPyGMT\")\n",
+    "fig.paragraph(\n",
+    "    x=0.25,\n",
+    "    y=0.25,\n",
+    "    text=pygmt_str,\n",
+    "    parwidth=50,\n",
+    "    linespacing=0.25,\n",
+    "    alignment=\"left\",\n",
+    "    justify=\"BL\",\n",
+    "    font=\"Courier-Bold,6p\"\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "fig.show()\n",
+    "fig.savefig(\"Fig1_PyGMT_GMT_comparison.png\")"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "pygmt",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.12.7"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
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