[Matplotlib-users] exact figure size frustration

[Ethan S. <es...@vt...>]

Hi, list-

This question has been asked before, but all of my search results don't 
address my problem:
<code>
fig = figure(1, figsize=(3.25, 3))
plot([0,1,5,2,9])
title('title')
xlabel('xAxis')
ylabel('yAxis')
fig.savefig('test.png',dpi=600)
</code>
The resulting figure is 2040x1890 pixels, or 3.4"x3.15", and the xlabel 
is cut off.  Looking at the PNG file in an image editor, it appears that 
the axes and ticklabels fit the desired size.  I've tried taking the 
difference from the output size and requested size and feeding that back 
in (3.25 - (3.4-3.25) = 3.10, but matplotlib seems to add an arbitrary 
buffer and it still doesn't come out to the desired size.  How does one 
make an overall figure that is the desired size?

Thanks,
Ethan