matplotlib · timhoffm · Jul 31, 2025 · Jul 31, 2025
diff --git a/galleries/examples/axisartist/demo_axis_direction.py b/galleries/examples/axisartist/demo_axis_direction.py
@@ -10,19 +10,15 @@
 from matplotlib.projections import PolarAxes
 from matplotlib.transforms import Affine2D
 import mpl_toolkits.axisartist as axisartist
-import mpl_toolkits.axisartist.angle_helper as angle_helper
-import mpl_toolkits.axisartist.grid_finder as grid_finder
+from mpl_toolkits.axisartist import angle_helper, grid_finder
 from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.grid_helper_curvelinear import GridHelperCurveLinear
 
 
 def setup_axes(fig, rect):
     """Polar projection, but in a rectangular box."""
     # see demo_curvelinear_grid.py for details
     grid_helper = GridHelperCurveLinear(
-        (
-            Affine2D().scale(np.pi/180., 1.) +
-            PolarAxes.PolarTransform()
-        ),
+        Affine2D().scale(np.pi/180., 1.) + PolarAxes.PolarTransform(),
         extreme_finder=angle_helper.ExtremeFinderCycle(
             20, 20,
             lon_cycle=360, lat_cycle=None,

diff --git a/galleries/examples/axisartist/simple_axis_pad.py b/galleries/examples/axisartist/simple_axis_pad.py
@@ -11,44 +11,29 @@
 from matplotlib.projections import PolarAxes
 from matplotlib.transforms import Affine2D
 import mpl_toolkits.axisartist as axisartist
-import mpl_toolkits.axisartist.angle_helper as angle_helper
-import mpl_toolkits.axisartist.grid_finder as grid_finder
+from mpl_toolkits.axisartist import angle_helper, grid_finder
 from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.grid_helper_curvelinear import GridHelperCurveLinear
 
 
 def setup_axes(fig, rect):
     """Polar projection, but in a rectangular box."""
-
     # see demo_curvelinear_grid.py for details
-    tr = Affine2D().scale(np.pi/180., 1.) + PolarAxes.PolarTransform()
-
-    extreme_finder = angle_helper.ExtremeFinderCycle(20, 20,
-                                                     lon_cycle=360,
-                                                     lat_cycle=None,
-                                                     lon_minmax=None,
-                                                     lat_minmax=(0, np.inf),
-                                                     )
-
-    grid_locator1 = angle_helper.LocatorDMS(12)
-    grid_locator2 = grid_finder.MaxNLocator(5)
-
-    tick_formatter1 = angle_helper.FormatterDMS()
-
-    grid_helper = GridHelperCurveLinear(tr,
-                                        extreme_finder=extreme_finder,
-                                        grid_locator1=grid_locator1,
-                                        grid_locator2=grid_locator2,
-                                        tick_formatter1=tick_formatter1
-                                        )
-
-    ax1 = fig.add_subplot(
-        rect, axes_class=axisartist.Axes, grid_helper=grid_helper)
-    ax1.axis[:].set_visible(False)
-    ax1.set_aspect(1.)
-    ax1.set_xlim(-5, 12)
-    ax1.set_ylim(-5, 10)
-
-    return ax1
+    grid_helper = GridHelperCurveLinear(
+        Affine2D().scale(np.pi/180., 1.) + PolarAxes.PolarTransform(),
+        extreme_finder=angle_helper.ExtremeFinderCycle(
+            20, 20,
+            lon_cycle=360, lat_cycle=None,
+            lon_minmax=None, lat_minmax=(0, np.inf),
+        ),
+        grid_locator1=angle_helper.LocatorDMS(12),
+        grid_locator2=grid_finder.MaxNLocator(5),
+        tick_formatter1=angle_helper.FormatterDMS(),
+    )
+    ax = fig.add_subplot(
+        rect, axes_class=axisartist.Axes, grid_helper=grid_helper,
+        aspect=1, xlim=(-5, 12), ylim=(-5, 10))
+    ax.axis[:].set_visible(False)
+    return ax
 
 
 def add_floating_axis1(ax1):
@@ -73,9 +58,6 @@ def add_floating_axis2(ax1):
 
 
 def ann(ax1, d):
-    if plt.rcParams["text.usetex"]:
-        d = d.replace("_", r"\_")
-
     ax1.annotate(d, (0.5, 1), (5, -5),
                  xycoords="axes fraction", textcoords="offset points",
                  va="top", ha="center")