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Matplotlib 2.x By Example

You're reading from   Matplotlib 2.x By Example Multi-dimensional charts, graphs, and plots in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788295260
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Allen Yu Allen Yu
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Claire Chung Claire Chung
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Adjusting the layout

Figure layout, including the size and location of plots, directs the focus of our readers. A figure with good layout facilitates data presentation in a logical flow. It is thus important to familiarize ourselves with layout settings when plotting. Let's learn how to assign proper sizes, positions, and spacing to our plots.

Adjusting the size of the figure

Depending on where you want to put your figure, you may want to adjust the size and layout. Instead of manually stretching your image output afterward, which takes extra effort and can distort the text. You can set the height and width directly by calling pyplot.figure(figsize=()). As briefly mentioned in Chapter 2, Figure Aesthetics, the...

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