Re: [Matplotlib-users] Text outside the graphs "box"

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

I think there's a confusion of definition here:

   figure: The entire image

   axes: A box within the figure containing a plot

Mike

On 05/13/2011 10:20 AM, Johannes Radinger wrote:
> That is not what I want, to put the text inside the figure.
>
> I want the text above the figure with some space (e.g 2 cm) to the figure
> thats why I tried 0, 1.2 but then the text is outside the margins
>
> /j
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>> Datum: Fri, 13 May 2011 14:03:16 +0000 (UTC)
>> Von: Pauli Virtanen<pa...@ik...>
>> An: mat...@li...
>> Betreff: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Text outside the graphs "box"
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>> Fri, 13 May 2011 15:58:37 +0200, Johannes Radinger wrote:
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>>> Hello again I tried:
>>>
>>> plt.figtext(0, 1.2, r'$F(x)=p*\frac{1}{s1\sqrt{2\pi}}$', fontsize=20)
>>>
>>> but then the text is outside the printed area and therefore not
>>> displayed. Does that mean that the printed area has to be changed as
>>> well?
>>>        
>> The first two parameters are the x and y coordinates of the text,
>> in range [0, 1]. Adjust them to put the text inside the figure.
>>
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