How to change separation between tick labels and axis labels
axis-labels, matplotlib, plot, python, spacing
Solution
To move the axis label further away from the axis, you can include an argument to the optional `labelpad` parameter of the corresponding method used to set the label, i.e. `ax.set_ylabel()` or `ax.set_xlabel()`. This parameter takes a scalar which is the spacing between the axis and the label given in points.
As to achieve the same effect when using the `drawparallels()` method of Basemap, I believe you can include an argument to the parameters `xoffset` or `yoffset`, depending on which axis you want to alter the placement of the text. The arguments of these parameters have "units" of map width, meaning e.g. `xoffset=0.05` makes the offset of the x-ticks 5 % of the map width.
Problem
My axis labels often look not good (too close to tick labels) when I use Matplotlib. How to set distance between tick labels and axis label? I just need to enlarge distance between "Number of stars" label and corresponding tick labels. Maybe latex `\vspace{}` is working but I don't know how to implement it. `fig.subplots_adjust(left=)` is not a solution.