import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec def make_ticklabels_invisible(fig): for i, ax in enumerate(fig.axes): ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "ax%d" % (i+1), va="center", ha="center") for tl in ax.get_xticklabels() + ax.get_yticklabels(): tl.set_visible(False) # demo 3 : gridspec with subplotpars set. f = plt.figure() plt.suptitle("GirdSpec w/ different subplotpars") gs1 = GridSpec(3, 3) gs1.update(left=0.05, right=0.48, wspace=0.05) ax1 = plt.subplot(gs1[:-1, :]) ax2 = plt.subplot(gs1[-1, :-1]) ax3 = plt.subplot(gs1[-1, -1]) gs2 = GridSpec(3, 3) gs2.update(left=0.55, right=0.98, hspace=0.05) ax4 = plt.subplot(gs2[:, :-1]) ax5 = plt.subplot(gs2[:-1, -1]) ax6 = plt.subplot(gs2[-1, -1]) make_ticklabels_invisible(plt.gcf()) plt.show()