PR Summary

Inspired by https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/22314/files#r793095283

This was the location where I think it made a difference. For example, height = top - bottom is quite a bit clearer than height = m - bottom.

PR Checklist

Documentation and Tests

• Has pytest style unit tests (and pytest passes)
• Documentation is sphinx and numpydoc compliant (the docs should build without error).
• New plotting related features are documented with examples.

Release Notes

• New features are marked with a .. versionadded:: directive in the docstring and documented in doc/users/next_whats_new/
• API changes are marked with a .. versionchanged:: directive in the docstring and documented in doc/api/next_api_changes/
• Release notes conform with instructions in next_whats_new/README.rst or next_api_changes/README.rst