Sometimes, we want to adjust padding with cutoff or overlapping labels with Python matplotlib.

In this article, we’ll look at how to adjust padding with cutoff or overlapping labels with Python matplotlib.

How to adjust padding with cutoff or overlapping labels with Python matplotlib?

To adjust padding with cutoff or overlapping labels with Python matplotlib, we call plt.savefig with the bbox_inches argument set to 'tight'.

For instance, we write

plt.savefig('myfile.png', bbox_inches="tight")

to call savefig to save the flots to myfile.png.

We set bbox_inches to 'tight' to reduce padding between the plots.

Conclusion

To adjust padding with cutoff or overlapping labels with Python matplotlib, we call plt.savefig with the bbox_inches argument set to 'tight'.