pub-ready-plots 0.1.0

Easy publication-ready matplotlib plots for ML papers and posters.

Agustinus' Very Opiniated Publication-Ready Plotting Library

I love TikZ. I love tikzplotlib. I've been an advocate for the latter (proof). However, tikzplotlib is as good as dead. I need to move on.

[!IMPORTANT] Here's what I use now for all my publication needs. This library is designed to be very opiniated. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also, it is very simple, just a single file and that's it.

[!NOTE] Of course I still use TikZ whenever possible (e.g. Fig. 1 in a paper, diagrams, etc.)

Installation

Still with me? Still want to use this library? Here's how:

pip install pub-ready-plots

Usage

rc_params, fig_width_in, fig_height_in = pub_ready_plots.get_mpl_rcParams(
    width=1,  # between 0 and 1
    height=0.1,  # between 0 and 1
    layout="icml"  # or "iclr", "neurips", "poster-portrait", "poster-landscape"
)
plt.rcParams.update(rc_params)

fig, axs = plt.subplots(
    nrows,
    ncols,
    constrained_layout=True, # Important!
)
fig.set_size_inches(fig_width_in, fig_height_in)

# Your plot here!

plt.savefig("filename.pdf")

Then in your LaTeX file, include the plot as follows:

\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{filename.pdf}

The argument width=\linewidth is important!

[!TIP] That's it!

Using your own styles

Two options:

1. For this repo and modify things as you wish.
2. Use this library and update the resulting rc_params dict with your styles.

Other libraries

Check out tueplots if you want a more complex library. My library is designed to achieve what I want in publication-ready papers and posters, with as little code as possible (minimalism FTW!).