With the sample code below, in matplotlib 1.3.1, the Text are placed at top left, which is like the docs said, "/If a ‘points’ or ‘pixels’ option is specified, values will be added to the bottom-left and if negative, values will be subtracted from the top-right/". http://matplotlib.org/api/text_api.html <http://matplotlib.org/api/text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Annotation> but in matplotlib 1.4.2, the Text showed at bottom. Is it a bug here? #sample code: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure(1, figsize=(8,5)) ax=fig.add_subplot(1,1,1) ax.annotate('somthing', (8, -8), xycoords='axes points', va="top", ha='left', size=10, color='r') plt.show() -- View this message in context: http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/ax-annotate-in-1-4-2-behave-different-from-1-3-1-tp44229.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.