What are you using to position the title so that it comes close to the axes labels there? By default, the title will be center-aligned, so it shouldn't come close. When I use left alignment, the title moves up automatically to get out of the way of the "x10^y":
figure
hAx = axes;
plot(hAx, 10000+rand(10,1))
title(hAx, 'Testing title')
hAx.TitleHorizontalAlignment = 'left';
I guess if it's a really long title, it will get in the way even when center-aligned:
figure
hAx = axes;
plot(hAx, 10000+rand(10,1))
title(hAx, 'Testing really really really really really really really long title')
In that case, you could just make a whitespace sub-title to artificially bump it up. Probably much easier than playing around with position.
figure
hAx = axes;
plot(hAx, 10000+rand(10,1))
title(hAx, 'Testing really really really really really really really long title',' ')
-Cam
