""" Simple axes example ==================== This example shows a couple of simple usage of axes. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.axes([.1, .1, .8, .8]) plt.xticks(()) plt.yticks(()) plt.text(.6, .6, 'axes([0.1, 0.1, .8, .8])', ha='center', va='center', size=20, alpha=.5) plt.axes([.2, .2, .3, .3]) plt.xticks(()) plt.yticks(()) plt.text(.5, .5, 'axes([0.2, 0.2, .3, .3])', ha='center', va='center', size=16, alpha=.5) plt.show()