Adding padding in call to Matplotlib's PdfPages

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I've got a few figures that I'm saving to a PDF file with Matplotlib's PdfPages backend. Unfortunately some of my figures are being inserted into the PDF file with a good portion of the y axis labels truncated. How do I specify that additional space should be added to avoid the label truncation? I've tried invoking the subplot_adjust command and passing left= and pad= parameters to no avail.

Any additional suggestions are most welcome!

Chris

Winter · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-12 02:20:13Z

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When you save your pdf using plt.savefig, use bbox_inches and pad_inches parameters to specify padding:

plt.savefig('test.pdf', bbox_inches='tight', pad_inches=1)

answered Feb 12, 2022 at 2:20

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HyperCube · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-04 12:40:06Z

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This works for me:

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5,3.5))
fig.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.2)
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)

edited Sep 4, 2013 at 12:40

answered Sep 4, 2013 at 12:31

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