Re: [Matplotlib-users] broken PNG files with GD backend

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "John" == John Hunter <jdh...@ac...> writes:
    Kuzminski> #2 above is the answer to the problem in my original
    Kuzminski> post. However I have another question.  When I set the
    Kuzminski> ylabel rotation to be horizontal, the beginning of the
    Kuzminski> text is truncated ( the width of the border does not
    Kuzminski> compensate ).  I'm happy to set it wider but am
    Kuzminski> wondering how ( what controls the width of the area
    Kuzminski> where the labels gets written ).  

In this case the placement of the ylabel is determined by the
horizontalalignment and the left side of the y tick labels.  If it is
being truncated, you have a few choices.

  1) Use a different alignment or smaller fontsize for the label

  2) Use a smaller font size for the y tick labels or turn them off
     entirely -- the position of the ylabel will automatically adjust
     based upon the size of the tick labels.

  3) Probably best, make a custom axes where the 'left' parameter is
     larger and the width parameter is smaller.  This will give you
     more room for your ylabel.

    Kuzminski> I also noticed that title of the graph ( with the
    Kuzminski> horizontal alignment set to bottom ) is too close to
    Kuzminski> the top of the graph itself, is there a way to pad
    Kuzminski> that?

When you set the title, do

   t = title('my title')
   t.set_y(1.05)  # relative axes coords

1.0 is the top of the axes, so the larger the number the higher the
title will be.  1.02 is the default.

Hope this helps,
JDH