# Annotate! on pyplot backend not working properly

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/annotate-on-pyplot-backend-not-working-properly/23471>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/annotate-on-pyplot-backend-not-working-properly/23471 "2019-04-24T13:17:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/annotate-on-pyplot-backend-not-working-properly/23471/1 "2019-04-24T13:17:20Z")

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Something is not right with annotate and the pyplot backend.  
If I use gr() this shows properly my output

 ![56](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/5/950ff8c9e9a4b66d09f62fa3e3140fb9061512f0.png)

on the other hand pyplot it’s not.

 ![04](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/f/9fb5da146e8b9eed9142d0bca6062bcac89bfd56.png)

I would use gr() but the file size output is to big, that’s why I need pyplot. Any ideas?