figtext will let you place text relative to the figure, not the axes:

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figtext

Cheers,
Mike

On 05/13/2011 08:46 AM, Johannes Radinger wrote:
> Hej
>
>
> I want to include a mathematical expression but want to position it
> outside the graphs box. I want it above the graph, so i tried to set it as 
> title but there is to less space between the title and the graphs box.
>
> how can that be done? how to set a position outside the box?
>
> I tried eg:
>
> plt.title(r'$F(x)=p*\frac{1}{s1\sqrt{2\pi}}$', fontsize=20)
>
> thanks
>
> /johannes
>    


-- 
Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, USA


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