use anchored rotation for y-labels

pwuertz · pwuertz · commit b9fba927aba8 · 2012-11-27T19:55:51.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -1847,9 +1847,10 @@ def _get_label(self):
                                size=rcParams['axes.labelsize'],
                                weight=rcParams['axes.labelweight']),
             color=rcParams['axes.labelcolor'],
-            verticalalignment='center',
-            horizontalalignment='right',
+            verticalalignment='bottom',
+            horizontalalignment='center',
             rotation='vertical',
+            rotation_mode='anchor',
             )
         label.set_transform(mtransforms.blended_transform_factory(
             mtransforms.IdentityTransform(), self.axes.transAxes))
