myplotlib 1.9.0

`matplotlib` binder with custom styles and routines for fast plotting

myplotlib

matplotlib binder with custom styles and routines for fast plotting. see previews of available styles.

installation

pip install myplotlib

usage

loading style, fonts & colormaps

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from myplotlib import register

register()

plt.style.use(STYLE)
# STYLE can be:
# - fancy.dark, fancy.light
# - classic.dark, classic.light
# - mono.dark, mono.light
# - guttenberg.dark, guttenberg.light
# - soviet
# - latex

# you may also combine the styles:
plt.style.use([STYLE1, STYLE2])

# and you can temporarily load the style:
with plt.style.context(STYLE):
    plt.plot(...)

register() loads the bundled styles, fonts, and colormaps into Matplotlib. importing myplotlib still registers them for backward compatibility, but the explicit call keeps linters from flagging an unused side-effect import.

auxiliary plotting functions

import myplotlib.plots as myplt
# type for docstring:
myplt?

# for specific function:
myplt.plot2d?

# preview custom styles with built-in functions
import myplotlib.tests as mypltest
# type for docstring:
mypltest?

the guttenberg styles mimic renaissance-era book illustrations: old-style lettering (P22 Operina Pro, with EB Garamond as fallback for missing glyphs), imperfect hand-drawn lines, and a single-ink line cycle. they pair well with myplt.hatchedCircle, which shades circles with engraving-style hatching (optionally only the crescent shadow, as on old drawings of moon phases):

with plt.style.context("guttenberg.light"):
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.set_aspect("equal")
    myplt.hatchedCircle(ax, (0, 0), 1, angle=45, spacing=0.15)
    myplt.hatchedCircle(ax, (2.5, 0), 1, shade_from=0, shade_depth=0.8)

for more usage examples checkout the tests/ submodule.

requirements

• python >= 3.10
• latex (used for fancy and latex only)

To-do

• isocontour plotting
• add streamplot for fieldline plotting
• print all the newly added colormaps and the default color sequence
• add a test plot for the demo
• add image to readme
• dark mode
• monotype non-Latex mode