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 > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >> Datum: Fri, 13 May 2011 14:03:16 +0000 (UTC) >> Von: Pauli Virtanen<p...@iki.fi> >> An: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Betreff: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Text outside the graphs "box" >> > >> Fri, 13 May 2011 15:58:37 +0200, Johannes Radinger wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability >> What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. >> Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools >> to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-users mailing list >> Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >> > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users