Re: [Matplotlib-users] Adapt plot- or font-size to avoid xlabel cutting

[Sandro T. <mo...@de...>]

Hi Eric,
thanks for the reply.

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 20:56, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:
> It is not really a bug; it is an inherent limitation in mpl's default
> automatic Axes positioning.  Axes positions are given in normalized
> coordinates relative to the figure, so if you shrink the height of the
> figure (relative to the default, for which the default positioning
> parameters are designed), there is less physical space available for the
> x-axis ticks, ticklabels, and label--and things can get cut off.  If you are
> adjusting the figsize and/or the font size, then chances are you need to
> adjust these normalized coordinate Axes position parameters as well.  Trial

Oh, ok, now it's clear

> and error is typically needed; it can be facilitated by using the  subplot
> adjuster widget in an interactive window (second to last button on the
> toolbar) to decide what looks good.  Then use the figure.subplot.* entries

Yeah, I used this to find 0.13 to be my number...

> in matplotlibrc, or call plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.15) (for example), or
> call it as a method of the figure you have just created.

...that I added this command and it worked.

> For doing the interactive adjustment, you will want to use a smaller figure
> dpi, something to match your screen.  Everything will scale correctly when
> you save the figure at higher dpi.

luckily, even at dpi=300, the image still fits my screen :)

Cheers,
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