Hap-py birth-day to you!

on 31 Oct 2021

% Remix of Alex P's original idea

% with actual notation for "Hap-py birthy-day to you"

[x,y]=meshgrid(0,1:5);

plot(x'+[0;10],[y,y]','k')

hold

plot([4,8;4,8],[1,1;5,5],'k')

ylim([-5 12])

f=@(x,y,s,z)text(x,y,s,FontSi=10*z);

% Character placement highly sensitive to axis size

f(1.89,3,'𝄞',9)

f(.8,3.1,'♭',2)

f([1.3,1.3],[4,2],{'3','4'},4)

f([2.2,3],[1.3,1.3],{'𝅘𝅥𝅮.','𝅘𝅥𝅯'},4) % hap-py

f([5:7,8.5],[2.1,1.3,2.8,2.3],{'𝅘𝅥','𝅘𝅥','𝅘𝅥','𝅗𝅥'},4) % birth-day to you!