journal-styles 1.0rc1

Package for producing consistent figure dimensions for scientific journals

Module to design figures for scientific journals Uses python3 and matplotlib 3.2.1, should work for other versions

Installation

go to the module directory and execute

python journal_styles.py install

This will generate style files and print installation instructions. You will need to manually

1. copy the matplotlibrc file from /styles to matplotlib configuration directory (keep a backup copy of the old file).
2. copy the journals styles from /styles to matplotlib configuration directory/stylelib
3. change the ipython matplotlib-inline interface to avoid overriding of parameters while using jupyter notebooks.

Usage

Most users will only need the class figure_frame.

from journal_styles import figure_frame

an instance of the class can be initializad as

ff = figure_frame('lMs','lMs')

and used as

plt.figure(figsize = ff.figsize)

plt.axes(ff.rects[0])

See webpage for further examples.

Updating styles

python journal_styles.py update-styles

Will update the styles in the local styles directory. Must be run after adding or modifying journal parameters.

Uninstalling

python journal_styles.py uninstall

returns instructions for removing files. You will need to undo steps 1-2-3 of the installation.