Re: [Matplotlib-users] More info: Re: Twin axes share Formatters, but not ticks

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Joshua J. Kugler <jo...@ee...> wrote:
> I am leaning toward this being a true bug.  If you take a look at
> attached plot (the code for which is where I first noticed this bug),
> you'll notice that the dates on the top graph (the one with two axis)
> look a little "bold" while the dates on the bottom graph look "normal."
> The top set of dates are the one where I have to let font size (8) on
> two different sets of tick labels.

w/o seeing the code that generated the figure it is hard to know, but
the "bold look" probably arises from rendering the same tick labels
twice in the same location, eg if you have a twinx, as it appears you
do, but haven't made the ticks invisible (as per my earlier
suggestion) on one of the axes.  Perhaps we should make the ticks on
the "twin" axes invisible by default.

Also, when posting continuations related to a theme, eg your previous
post on twin axes formatters, please try to keep them in the same
thread by "replying" to yourself in the earlier thread.  This makes it
easier for people following the thread to see everything in one place,
particularly those using threaded mail readers, as well as the future
generations of googlers who will pick this conversation up on mail
archive websites like nabble.

Thanks,
JDH