spt 0.2.1

Scientific matplotlib plot rcParams configuration template python package.

spt

Scientific matplotlib plot rcParams configuration template python package.

• Repo: https://gitee.com/yangsl306/spt
• Full documentation: README.md

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Installation

• via pip:

pip install spt

• via git:

pip install git+https://gitee.com/yangsl306/spt.git

• via source code:

git clone https://gitee.com/yangsl306/spt.git
cd spt

pip install .
# or 
pip install -r requirements.txt

# editable mode
pip install -e .

• update:

pip install -U spt

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Usage

set_plot_params()

• code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from spt.plot_params import set_plot_params

...

set_plot_params()

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

...

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set_roman_plot_params()

• requirements:

To use Times New Roman font, you need to do:

# copy roman-ttf fonts to your matplotlib font path in specific conda env
cp roman-ttf/* <conda_env>/lib/pythonXXX/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/

# remove matplotlib cache
rm -rf ~/.cache/matplotlib

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• code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from spt.plot_params import set_roman_plot_params

...

set_roman_plot_params()

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

...

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Chinese characters plot

• requirements:

To use Chinese(SimHei 黑体) font, you need to do:

# copy SimHei-ttf fonts to matplotlib font path in specific conda env
cp chinese-config/chinese-ttf/* <conda_env>/lib/pythonXXX/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/

# backup matplotlibrc file
cd <conda_env>/lib/pythonXXX/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/
cp matplotlibrc matplotlibrc_origin
cd -

# copy modified matplotlibrc file
cp chinese-config/matplotlibrc <conda_env>/lib/pythonXXX/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/

# remove matplotlib cache
rm -rf ~/.cache/matplotlib

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matplotlibrc modification:

# origin 
font.family:  sans-serif
font.sans-serif: DejaVu Sans, Bitstream Vera Sans, Computer Modern Sans Serif, Lucida Grande, Verdana, Geneva, Lucid, Arial, Helvetica, Avant Garde, sans-serif
axes.unicode_minus: True  # use Unicode for the minus symbol rather than hyphen.  See

# modification
font.family:  sans-serif
font.sans-serif: DejaVu Sans, Bitstream Vera Sans, Computer Modern Sans Serif, Lucida Grande, Verdana, Geneva, Lucid, Arial, Helvetica, Avant Garde, sans-serif, SimHei, Times New Roman, Times
axes.unicode_minus: False  # use Unicode for the minus symbol rather than hyphen.  See

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• code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from spt.plot_params import set_roman_plot_params

...

set_roman_plot_params()

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

ax.plot(x, y, label="正弦函数")

ax.set(xlabel="x", ylabel="y")

# legend 字体设置为 SimHei
ax.legend(prop={"family": "SimHei"})

...