Matplotlib adjust figure margin

Question

The following code gives me a plot with significant margins above and below the figure. I don\'t know how to eliminate the noticeable margins. subplots_adjust does

Answer 1

You should use add_axes if you want exact control of the figure layout. eg.

left = 0.05
bottom = 0.05 
width = 0.9
height = 0.9
ax = fig.add_axes([left, bottom, width, height])