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# Axis Direction Demo Step04

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import mpl_toolkits.axisartist as axisartist

    def setup_axes(fig, rect):
        ax = axisartist.Subplot(fig, rect)
        fig.add_axes(ax)

        ax.set_ylim(-0.1, 1.5)
        ax.set_yticks([0, 1])

        ax.axis[:].set_visible(False)

        ax.axis["x1"] = ax.new_floating_axis(1, 0.3)
        ax.axis["x1"].set_axisline_style("->", size=1.5)

        ax.axis["x2"] = ax.new_floating_axis(1, 0.7)
        ax.axis["x2"].set_axisline_style("->", size=1.5)

        return ax

    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6, 2.5))
    fig.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.2, top=0.8)

    ax1 = setup_axes(fig, "121")
    ax1.axis["x1"].label.set_text("rotation=0")
    ax1.axis["x1"].toggle(ticklabels=False)

    ax1.axis["x2"].label.set_text("rotation=10")
    ax1.axis["x2"].label.set_rotation(10)
    ax1.axis["x2"].toggle(ticklabels=False)

    ax1.annotate("label direction=$+$", (0.5, 0), xycoords="axes fraction",
                 xytext=(0, -10), textcoords="offset points",
                 va="top", ha="center")

    ax2 = setup_axes(fig, "122")

    ax2.axis["x1"].set_axislabel_direction("-")
    ax2.axis["x2"].set_axislabel_direction("-")

    ax2.axis["x1"].label.set_text("rotation=0")
    ax2.axis["x1"].toggle(ticklabels=False)

    ax2.axis["x2"].label.set_text("rotation=10")
    ax2.axis["x2"].label.set_rotation(10)
    ax2.axis["x2"].toggle(ticklabels=False)

    ax2.annotate("label direction=$-$", (0.5, 0), xycoords="axes fraction",
                 xytext=(0, -10), textcoords="offset points",
                 va="top", ha="center")

    plt.show()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.053 seconds)

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