Re: [Matplotlib-users] Text overlapping in mplot3d legends

[Luis Q. <lui...@gm...>]

On 25/10/2010 01:15, Benjamin Root wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Luis Quesada <l.q...@4c... 
> <mailto:l.q...@4c...>> wrote:
>
>      Dear all,
>
>     Is there a way of avoiding the overlap between the text of the labels
>     and the text of the ticks?     This is what I am getting:
>
>     http://4c.ucc.ie/~lquesada/tmp/surface.pdf
>     <http://4c.ucc.ie/%7Elquesada/tmp/surface.pdf>
>
>     Currently I am only doing this:
>
>         ax.set_xlabel('Distance',fontsize=16)
>         ax.set_ylabel('Size',fontsize=16)
>         ax.set_zlabel('Cost',fontsize=16)
>
>     Is it also possible to give an orientation to the labels? It would be
>     nicer if they are oriented parallel to the axis..
>     Thanks in advance for your advice!
>     Cheers,
>     Luis
>
>
> Luis,
>
> This is a problem with matplotlib, even in 2d space.  It becomes even 
> more difficult to deal with in 3d projections.  One thing that works 
> in 2d space is to specify the 'x' or 'y' value of the label.  I have 
> never tried this in 3d though, and I don't know what to do for the 
> zlabel.  Anyway, try this for a spin:
>
> ax.set_xlabel('Distance', fontsize=16, y=0.05)
> ax.set_ylabel('Size', fontsize=16, x=0.05)
> ax.set_zlabel('Cost', fontsize=16)
>
> If it seems to have an effect, then you can tweak the numbers 
> accordingly to your liking.
>
> As for having the text have a particular rotation orientation, I am 
> not aware of any feature to be able to properly control that.  If we 
> could ever get an OpenGL backend (one can dream, can't he?), then I 
> can see it being possible, but not now in our current framework.
>
> Ben Root
>
Thanks a lot Ben. I will play the 'x' and 'y' values of the label then.
Cheers,
Luis