[Matplotlib-users] Controlling spacing between subplots

[Brad M. <bra...@gm...>]

Hi, I am trying to do a simple 2x2 box of plots. My code is so far very
simple, and simply looks something like this.

          ax=subplot(221)
>
> plot(x2cp,y2cp)
> ax.set_title('2cP')
> ylabel('Displacement')
> ax=subplot(222)
> plot(x2cb,y2cb)
> ax.set_title('2cB')
> ax=subplot(223)
> plot(x6fp,y6fp)
> ax.set_title('6fP')
> ax=subplot(224)
> plot(x6fb,y6fb)
> ax.set_title('6fB')
> show()
>
>
But when I do this, the text and numbers from various plots overlap each
other and get in the way (I noticed this is a common problem among the
images in the matplotlib gallery as well). I have 2 questions:

1). How can I control the spacing, or padding, between the plots so that the
numbers don't overlap?
2). Is there a way for me to have a single common y-axis label and x-axis
label that runs along the full left-hand side and bottom, respectively?

Thanks so much for the help!

Brad