paperplot

Simple setup utility for publication-ready matplotlib figures

Installation

Simply run:

python setup.py install           # using sudo might be necessary

Usage

Use \the\textwidth (or \the\columnwidth in multi-column articles) in the tex file to get the width of the text in pt. Then use setup() and paper_fig(width, height) to generate your plot.

import paperplot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# setup
paperplot.setup()

# create a figure with proper sizes (specify width and height in pt)
fig = paperplot.paper_figure(300,200)

# some plotting
plt.plot(1,1)

# save the result
plt.savefig('my_figure.pdf')