import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from basic_units import cm fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) ax.annotate( "Note 01", [0.5*cm, 0.5*cm] ) # xy and text both unitized ax.annotate('local max', xy=(3*cm, 1*cm), xycoords='data', xytext=(0.8*cm, 0.95*cm), textcoords='data', arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='top') # mixing units w/ nonunits ax.annotate('local max', xy=(3*cm, 1*cm), xycoords='data', xytext=(0.8, 0.95), textcoords='axes fraction', arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='top') ax.set_xlim(0*cm, 4*cm) ax.set_ylim(0*cm, 4*cm) plt.show()