A Comprehensive Guide to Inset Axes in Matplotlib

including 4 ways to make them and 2 ways to style them

Inset axes are a powerful data visualization technique to highlight specific plot regions or add detailed subplots. They are a great way to make effective use of otherwise-emtpy figure space.

This tutorial shows 4 methods to create inset axes in matplotlib, which let you position insets relative to an axes, to an overall, figure, in absolute units (i.e., inches), or using …

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