from pylab import * subplot(2,1,1) xticks([]), yticks([]) text(0.5,0.5, 'subplot(2,1,1)',ha='center',va='center',size=24,alpha=.5) subplot(2,1,2) xticks([]), yticks([]) text(0.5,0.5, 'subplot(2,1,2)',ha='center',va='center',size=24,alpha=.5) # plt.savefig('../figures/subplot-horizontal.png', dpi=64) show()