Épines tombantes

Démonstration d'épines décalées par rapport aux axes (alias "épines tombantes").

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

image = np.random.uniform(size=(10, 10))
ax.imshow(image, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
ax.set_title('dropped spines')

# Move left and bottom spines outward by 10 points
ax.spines.left.set_position(('outward', 10))
ax.spines.bottom.set_position(('outward', 10))
# Hide the right and top spines
ax.spines.right.set_visible(False)
ax.spines.top.set_visible(False)
# Only show ticks on the left and bottom spines
ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')

plt.show()