MPL 0.91.2: bottom of xlabel chopped off

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Hi,

Sorry if this is in a FAQ somewhere–my initial attempts to find a solution have failed.

I am using matplotlib version 0.91.2. When I use savefig to create a plot in which the xlabel text has any kind of “descender” (e.g. “$x_1$”, or even simply a “j”), the lower part of the label is chopped off by the bottom edge of the plot. Any suggestions for avoiding this? (If this is a known bug that has been fixed in a later version, is there a relatively simple workaround for 0.91.2? Eventually I’ll upgrade, but I’d like to get my plots finished today.)

Thanks for any suggestions or pointers,

Warren

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Is it just that the label too close
to the border?

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[Matplotlib-users] MPL 0.91.2: bottom
of xlabel chopped off

Hi,

Sorry if this is in a FAQ somewhere–my initial attempts to find a solution
have failed.

I am using matplotlib version 0.91.2.
When I use savefig to create a plot in which the xlabel text has
any kind of “descender” (e.g. “$x_1$”, or even simply
a “j”), the lower part of the label is chopped off by the bottom
edge of the plot. Any suggestions for avoiding this? (If this
is a known bug that has been fixed in a later version, is there a relatively
simple workaround for 0.91.2? Eventually I’ll upgrade, but I’d like
to get my plots finished today.)

Thanks for any suggestions or pointers,

Warren

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raise the "bottom" of your subplots

    fig = figure()
    fig.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.2)

the default setting can be controlled in your matplotlibrc file
(http://matplotlib.sf.net/matplotlibrc)

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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Warren Weckesser <warren.weckesser@...287...> wrote:

I am using matplotlib version 0.91.2. When I use savefig to create a plot
in which the xlabel text has any kind of "descender" (e.g. "x\_1", or even
simply a "j"), the lower part of the label is chopped off by the bottom edge
of the plot. Any suggestions for avoiding this? (If this is a known bug
that has been fixed in a later version, is there a relatively simple
workaround for 0.91.2? Eventually I'll upgrade, but I'd like to get my
plots finished today.)