Fix: Correct label size calculation in _update_outer_abc_loc (#485)

cvanelteren · web-flow · commit 5a5a75404cdd · 2026-01-20T15:44:51.000+10:00
diff --git a/ultraplot/axes/base.py b/ultraplot/axes/base.py
@@ -2889,10 +2889,10 @@ def _update_outer_abc_loc(self, loc):
             # Get the size of tick labels if they exist
             has_labels = True if axis.get_ticklabels() else False
             # Estimate label size; note it uses the raw text representation which can be misleading due to the latex processing
-            if has_labels:
+            if has_labels and axis.get_ticklabels():
                 _offset = max(
                     [
-                        len(l.get_text()) + l.get_fontsize()
+                        len(l.get_text()) * l.get_fontsize() * 0.6
                         for l in axis.get_ticklabels()
                     ]
                 )

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -2889,10 +2889,10 @@ def _update_outer_abc_loc(self, loc):`
`2889`	`2889`	`# Get the size of tick labels if they exist`
`2890`	`2890`	`has_labels = True if axis.get_ticklabels() else False`
`2891`	`2891`	`# Estimate label size; note it uses the raw text representation which can be misleading due to the latex processing`
`2892`		`- if has_labels:`
	`2892`	`+ if has_labels and axis.get_ticklabels():`
`2893`	`2893`	`_offset = max(`
`2894`	`2894`	`[`
`2895`		`- len(l.get_text()) + l.get_fontsize()`
	`2895`	`+ len(l.get_text()) * l.get_fontsize() * 0.6`
`2896`	`2896`	`for l in axis.get_ticklabels()`
`2897`	`2897`	`]`
`2898`	`2898`	`)`