diff --git a/src/yapsut/graphics.py b/src/yapsut/graphics.py
index 8b77594ddcd1cef92a9c8cc2a2f5ff06c703c4e8..d1bc36cc635aedf056e6515cef86ae2cc36909d6 100644
--- a/src/yapsut/graphics.py
+++ b/src/yapsut/graphics.py
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ class StandardFig() :
         from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
         aa=plt.gca().get_yticklabels() if ax is None else ax.get_yticklabels()
         for k in aa : k.set_fontsize(self.fontsize_ticks)
+    def gridspec(self,nrows,ncols,**kargs) :
+        """ generates a GridSpec array. See matplotlib.gridspec.GridSpec """
+        import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec
+        return gridspec.GridSpec(nrows,ncols,**kargs)
     #
     # metadata PROPERTIES
     @property