[FIXED] Increase distance between title and plot in matplolib?

Issue

I have a simple plot in matplotlib and I would like to increase the distance between the title and the plot (without using suptitle because it does not work on the version I use on a server). How to do that ?

Solution

There doesn't seem to be a clean way to set this directly (but might be worth a feature request to add that), however the title is just a text artist, so you can reach in and change it.

#ax = plt.gca()
ttl = ax.title
ttl.set_position([.5, 1.05])
#plt.draw()

should do the trick. Tune the 1.05 to your liking.

Answered By - tacaswell