For those interested things are defined differently. ax.axis["bottom"].major_ticklabels.set_pad(10) ax.axis["bottom"].label.set_pad(15) ax.axis["bottom"].major_ticklabels.set_rotation(30)
explained well here (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/users/axisartist.html#axisartist-manual), i missed this! Still haven't worked out the bold but I am sure there will be something on that page -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/rotating-x-tick-labels%2C-bold-labels-with-axislines-toolkit----tp32593701p32593884.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users