Re: [Matplotlib-users] Left-aligned and centered title

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2014/03/17 3:31 AM, Florian M. Wagner wrote:
> Dear users,
>
> I would like label my subplots with a horizontally left-aligned letter
> (wanted by the journal) and the normal, centered axes title, which
> should both be vertically in line. The following example does not work:
>
>     from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>     import numpy as np
>
>     fig, ax1 = plt.subplots()
>     x = np.linspace(1,10)
>     y = (sin(x))
>     ax1.plot(x,y)
>
>     def subplot_label(ax, letter, title):
>          title = ax.set_title(title)
>          pos = title.get_position()
>          va = title.get_va()
>          ax.text(0, pos[1], letter, transform=ax.transAxes,
>     verticalalignment=va)
>
>     subplot_label(ax1, 'a)', 'This text is not aligned with the label')
>
>
> Which property of the axes title am I missing?

Is the following what you need?

http://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/titles_demo.html

Eric

>
> Thank you for your help
>