helpers.plot_helper module

figsize(textwidth, scale, ratio)

Get figsize.

Parameters:

• textwidth (str) – Textwdith in your LaTeX file in points

• scale (float) – The width of the figure relative to the textwidth

• ratio (float) – The height of the figure relative to its width

Returns:

Width and height of the figure to be passed to matplotlib

Return type:

list

figsize_by_journal(journal, scale, ratio)

Get figsize for specific journal. If you supply a text height, we will rescale the figure to fit on the page instead of the parameters supplied.

Parameters:

• journal (str) – Name of journal

• scale (float) – The width of the figure relative to the textwidth

• ratio (float) – The height of the figure relative to its width

Returns:

Width and height of the figure to be passed to matplotlib

Return type:

list

newfig(textwidth, scale, ratio=0.6180339887)

savefig(filename, save_pdf=True, save_pgf=True, save_png=True)

setup_mpl(font_size=8, reset=False)