Fixes typos in Artist tutorial #8167

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@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Object containers
Now that we know how to inspect and set the properties of a given
-object we want to configure, we need to now how to get at that object.
+object we want to configure, we need to know how to get at that object.
As mentioned in the introduction, there are two kinds of objects:
primitives and containers. The primitives are usually the things you
want to configure (the font of a :class:`~matplotlib.text.Text`
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ containers will be detailed below, but note that the ``Axes`` contains
many helper methods which forward calls on to the
:class:`~matplotlib.axis.Axis` instances so you often do not need to
work with them directly unless you want to. For example, you can set
-the font size of the ``XAxis`` ticklabels using the ``Axes`` helper
+the font color of the ``XAxis`` ticklabels using the ``Axes`` helper
method::
for label in ax.get_xticklabels():
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ ticklabels. Because the ticks are dynamically created as needed (e.g., when
panning and zooming), you should access the lists of major and minor ticks
through their accessor methods :meth:`~matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_major_ticks`
and :meth:`~matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_minor_ticks`. Although the ticks contain
-all the primitives and will be covered below, the ``Axis`` methods contain
-accessor methods to return the tick lines, tick labels, tick locations etc.:
+all the primitives and will be covered below, ``Axis`` instances have accessor
+methods that return the tick lines, tick labels, tick locations etc.:
.. sourcecode:: ipython
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@ tick2line Line2D instance
gridline Line2D instance
label1 Text instance
label2 Text instance
-gridOn boolean which determines whether to draw the tickline
+gridOn boolean which determines whether to draw the gridline
tick1On boolean which determines whether to draw the 1st tickline
tick2On boolean which determines whether to draw the 2nd tickline
-label1On boolean which determines whether to draw tick label
-label2On boolean which determines whether to draw tick label
+label1On boolean which determines whether to draw the 1st tick label
+label2On boolean which determines whether to draw the 2nd tick label
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Here is an example which sets the formatter for the right side ticks with