2.5. Figure Config
2.5.1. Size
In Inches
plt.figure(figsize=(12, 6))
2.5.2. RC Parameters
Matplotlib Config Available Options:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.rcParams
# RcParams({'_internal.classic_mode': False,
# 'agg.path.chunksize': 0,
# 'animation.avconv_args': [],
# 'animation.avconv_path': 'avconv',
# 'animation.bitrate': -1,
# 'animation.codec': 'h264',
# 'animation.convert_args': [],
# 'animation.convert_path': 'convert',
# 'animation.embed_limit': 20.0,
# 'animation.ffmpeg_args': [],
# 'animation.ffmpeg_path': 'ffmpeg',
# 'animation.frame_format': 'png',
# 'animation.html': 'none',
# 'animation.html_args': [],
# 'animation.writer': 'ffmpeg',
# 'axes.autolimit_mode': 'data',
# 'axes.axisbelow': 'line',
# 'axes.edgecolor': 'black',
# 'axes.facecolor': 'white',
# 'axes.formatter.limits': [-5, 6],
# 'axes.formatter.min_exponent': 0,
# 'axes.formatter.offset_threshold': 4,
# 'axes.formatter.use_locale': False,
# 'axes.formatter.use_mathtext': False,
# 'axes.formatter.useoffset': True,
# 'axes.grid': False,
# 'axes.grid.axis': 'both',
# 'axes.grid.which': 'major',
# 'axes.labelcolor': 'black',
# 'axes.labelpad': 4.0,
# 'axes.labelsize': 'medium',
# 'axes.labelweight': 'normal',
# 'axes.linewidth': 0.8,
# 'axes.prop_cycle': cycler('color', ['#1f77b4', '#ff7f0e', '#2ca02c', '#d62728', '#9467bd', '#8c564b', '#e377c2', '#7f7f7f', '#bcbd22', '#17becf']),
# 'axes.spines.bottom': True,
# 'axes.spines.left': True,
# 'axes.spines.right': True,
# 'axes.spines.top': True,
# 'axes.titlecolor': 'auto',
# 'axes.titlelocation': 'center',
# 'axes.titlepad': 6.0,
# 'axes.titlesize': 'large',
# 'axes.titleweight': 'normal',
# 'axes.titley': None,
# 'axes.unicode_minus': True,
# 'axes.xmargin': 0.05,
# 'axes.ymargin': 0.05,
# 'axes3d.grid': True,
# 'backend': 'module://ipykernel.pylab.backend_inline',
# 'backend_fallback': True,
# 'boxplot.bootstrap': None,
# 'boxplot.boxprops.color': 'black',
# 'boxplot.boxprops.linestyle': '-',
# 'boxplot.boxprops.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'boxplot.capprops.color': 'black',
# 'boxplot.capprops.linestyle': '-',
# 'boxplot.capprops.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'boxplot.flierprops.color': 'black',
# 'boxplot.flierprops.linestyle': 'none',
# 'boxplot.flierprops.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'boxplot.flierprops.marker': 'o',
# 'boxplot.flierprops.markeredgecolor': 'black',
# 'boxplot.flierprops.markeredgewidth': 1.0,
# 'boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor': 'none',
# 'boxplot.flierprops.markersize': 6.0,
# 'boxplot.meanline': False,
# 'boxplot.meanprops.color': 'C2',
# 'boxplot.meanprops.linestyle': '--',
# 'boxplot.meanprops.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'boxplot.meanprops.marker': '^',
# 'boxplot.meanprops.markeredgecolor': 'C2',
# 'boxplot.meanprops.markerfacecolor': 'C2',
# 'boxplot.meanprops.markersize': 6.0,
# 'boxplot.medianprops.color': 'C1',
# 'boxplot.medianprops.linestyle': '-',
# 'boxplot.medianprops.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'boxplot.notch': False,
# 'boxplot.patchartist': False,
# 'boxplot.showbox': True,
# 'boxplot.showcaps': True,
# 'boxplot.showfliers': True,
# 'boxplot.showmeans': False,
# 'boxplot.vertical': True,
# 'boxplot.whiskerprops.color': 'black',
# 'boxplot.whiskerprops.linestyle': '-',
# 'boxplot.whiskerprops.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'boxplot.whiskers': 1.5,
# 'contour.corner_mask': True,
# 'contour.linewidth': None,
# 'contour.negative_linestyle': 'dashed',
# 'date.autoformatter.day': '%Y-%m-%d',
# 'date.autoformatter.hour': '%m-%d %H',
# 'date.autoformatter.microsecond': '%M:%S.%f',
# 'date.autoformatter.minute': '%d %H:%M',
# 'date.autoformatter.month': '%Y-%m',
# 'date.autoformatter.second': '%H:%M:%S',
# 'date.autoformatter.year': '%Y',
# 'date.epoch': '1970-01-01T00:00:00',
# 'docstring.hardcopy': False,
# 'errorbar.capsize': 0.0,
# 'figure.autolayout': False,
# 'figure.constrained_layout.h_pad': 0.04167,
# 'figure.constrained_layout.hspace': 0.02,
# 'figure.constrained_layout.use': False,
# 'figure.constrained_layout.w_pad': 0.04167,
# 'figure.constrained_layout.wspace': 0.02,
# 'figure.dpi': 72.0,
# 'figure.edgecolor': (1, 1, 1, 0),
# 'figure.facecolor': (1, 1, 1, 0),
# 'figure.figsize': [6.0, 4.0],
# 'figure.frameon': True,
# 'figure.max_open_warning': 20,
# 'figure.raise_window': True,
# 'figure.subplot.bottom': 0.125,
# 'figure.subplot.hspace': 0.2,
# 'figure.subplot.left': 0.125,
# 'figure.subplot.right': 0.9,
# 'figure.subplot.top': 0.88,
# 'figure.subplot.wspace': 0.2,
# 'figure.titlesize': 'large',
# 'figure.titleweight': 'normal',
# 'font.cursive': ['Apple Chancery',
# 'Textile',
# 'Zapf Chancery',
# 'Sand',
# 'Script MT',
# 'Felipa',
# 'cursive'],
# 'font.family': ['sans-serif'],
# 'font.fantasy': ['Comic Neue',
# 'Comic Sans MS',
# 'Chicago',
# 'Charcoal',
# 'ImpactWestern',
# 'Humor Sans',
# 'xkcd',
# 'fantasy'],
# 'font.monospace': ['DejaVu Sans Mono',
# 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono',
# 'Computer Modern Typewriter',
# 'Andale Mono',
# 'Nimbus Mono L',
# 'Courier New',
# 'Courier',
# 'Fixed',
# 'Terminal',
# 'monospace'],
# 'font.sans-serif': ['DejaVu Sans',
# 'Bitstream Vera Sans',
# 'Computer Modern Sans Serif',
# 'Lucida Grande',
# 'Verdana',
# 'Geneva',
# 'Lucid',
# 'Arial',
# 'Helvetica',
# 'Avant Garde',
# 'sans-serif'],
# 'font.serif': ['DejaVu Serif',
# 'Bitstream Vera Serif',
# 'Computer Modern Roman',
# 'New Century Schoolbook',
# 'Century Schoolbook L',
# 'Utopia',
# 'ITC Bookman',
# 'Bookman',
# 'Nimbus Roman No9 L',
# 'Times New Roman',
# 'Times',
# 'Palatino',
# 'Charter',
# 'serif'],
# 'font.size': 10.0,
# 'font.stretch': 'normal',
# 'font.style': 'normal',
# 'font.variant': 'normal',
# 'font.weight': 'normal',
# 'grid.alpha': 1.0,
# 'grid.color': '#b0b0b0',
# 'grid.linestyle': '-',
# 'grid.linewidth': 0.8,
# 'hatch.color': 'black',
# 'hatch.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'hist.bins': 10,
# 'image.aspect': 'equal',
# 'image.cmap': 'viridis',
# 'image.composite_image': True,
# 'image.interpolation': 'antialiased',
# 'image.lut': 256,
# 'image.origin': 'upper',
# 'image.resample': True,
# 'interactive': True,
# 'keymap.all_axes': ['a'],
# 'keymap.back': ['left', 'c', 'backspace', 'MouseButton.BACK'],
# 'keymap.copy': ['ctrl+c', 'cmd+c'],
# 'keymap.forward': ['right', 'v', 'MouseButton.FORWARD'],
# 'keymap.fullscreen': ['f', 'ctrl+f'],
# 'keymap.grid': ['g'],
# 'keymap.grid_minor': ['G'],
# 'keymap.help': ['f1'],
# 'keymap.home': ['h', 'r', 'home'],
# 'keymap.pan': ['p'],
# 'keymap.quit': ['ctrl+w', 'cmd+w', 'q'],
# 'keymap.quit_all': [],
# 'keymap.save': ['s', 'ctrl+s'],
# 'keymap.xscale': ['k', 'L'],
# 'keymap.yscale': ['l'],
# 'keymap.zoom': ['o'],
# 'legend.borderaxespad': 0.5,
# 'legend.borderpad': 0.4,
# 'legend.columnspacing': 2.0,
# 'legend.edgecolor': '0.8',
# 'legend.facecolor': 'inherit',
# 'legend.fancybox': True,
# 'legend.fontsize': 'medium',
# 'legend.framealpha': 0.8,
# 'legend.frameon': True,
# 'legend.handleheight': 0.7,
# 'legend.handlelength': 2.0,
# 'legend.handletextpad': 0.8,
# 'legend.labelspacing': 0.5,
# 'legend.loc': 'best',
# 'legend.markerscale': 1.0,
# 'legend.numpoints': 1,
# 'legend.scatterpoints': 1,
# 'legend.shadow': False,
# 'legend.title_fontsize': None,
# 'lines.antialiased': True,
# 'lines.color': 'C0',
# 'lines.dash_capstyle': 'butt',
# 'lines.dash_joinstyle': 'round',
# 'lines.dashdot_pattern': [6.4, 1.6, 1.0, 1.6],
# 'lines.dashed_pattern': [3.7, 1.6],
# 'lines.dotted_pattern': [1.0, 1.65],
# 'lines.linestyle': '-',
# 'lines.linewidth': 1.5,
# 'lines.marker': 'None',
# 'lines.markeredgecolor': 'auto',
# 'lines.markeredgewidth': 1.0,
# 'lines.markerfacecolor': 'auto',
# 'lines.markersize': 6.0,
# 'lines.scale_dashes': True,
# 'lines.solid_capstyle': 'projecting',
# 'lines.solid_joinstyle': 'round',
# 'markers.fillstyle': 'full',
# 'mathtext.bf': 'sans:bold',
# 'mathtext.cal': 'cursive',
# 'mathtext.default': 'it',
# 'mathtext.fallback': 'cm',
# 'mathtext.fallback_to_cm': None,
# 'mathtext.fontset': 'dejavusans',
# 'mathtext.it': 'sans:italic',
# 'mathtext.rm': 'sans',
# 'mathtext.sf': 'sans',
# 'mathtext.tt': 'monospace',
# 'mpl_toolkits.legacy_colorbar': True,
# 'patch.antialiased': True,
# 'patch.edgecolor': 'black',
# 'patch.facecolor': 'C0',
# 'patch.force_edgecolor': False,
# 'patch.linewidth': 1.0,
# 'path.effects': [],
# 'path.simplify': True,
# 'path.simplify_threshold': 0.111111111111,
# 'path.sketch': None,
# 'path.snap': True,
# 'pcolor.shading': 'flat',
# 'pdf.compression': 6,
# 'pdf.fonttype': 3,
# 'pdf.inheritcolor': False,
# 'pdf.use14corefonts': False,
# 'pgf.preamble': '',
# 'pgf.rcfonts': True,
# 'pgf.texsystem': 'xelatex',
# 'polaraxes.grid': True,
# 'ps.distiller.res': 6000,
# 'ps.fonttype': 3,
# 'ps.papersize': 'letter',
# 'ps.useafm': False,
# 'ps.usedistiller': None,
# 'savefig.bbox': None,
# 'savefig.directory': '~',
# 'savefig.dpi': 'figure',
# 'savefig.edgecolor': 'auto',
# 'savefig.facecolor': 'auto',
# 'savefig.format': 'png',
# 'savefig.jpeg_quality': 95,
# 'savefig.orientation': 'portrait',
# 'savefig.pad_inches': 0.1,
# 'savefig.transparent': False,
# 'scatter.edgecolors': 'face',
# 'scatter.marker': 'o',
# 'svg.fonttype': 'path',
# 'svg.hashsalt': None,
# 'svg.image_inline': True,
# 'text.antialiased': True,
# 'text.color': 'black',
# 'text.hinting': 'force_autohint',
# 'text.hinting_factor': 8,
# 'text.kerning_factor': 0,
# 'text.latex.preamble': '',
# 'text.latex.preview': False,
# 'text.usetex': False,
# 'timezone': 'UTC',
# 'tk.window_focus': False,
# 'toolbar': 'toolbar2',
# 'webagg.address': '127.0.0.1',
# 'webagg.open_in_browser': True,
# 'webagg.port': 8988,
# 'webagg.port_retries': 50,
# 'xaxis.labellocation': 'center',
# 'xtick.alignment': 'center',
# 'xtick.bottom': True,
# 'xtick.color': 'black',
# 'xtick.direction': 'out',
# 'xtick.labelbottom': True,
# 'xtick.labelsize': 'medium',
# 'xtick.labeltop': False,
# 'xtick.major.bottom': True,
# 'xtick.major.pad': 3.5,
# 'xtick.major.size': 3.5,
# 'xtick.major.top': True,
# 'xtick.major.width': 0.8,
# 'xtick.minor.bottom': True,
# 'xtick.minor.pad': 3.4,
# 'xtick.minor.size': 2.0,
# 'xtick.minor.top': True,
# 'xtick.minor.visible': False,
# 'xtick.minor.width': 0.6,
# 'xtick.top': False,
# 'yaxis.labellocation': 'center',
# 'ytick.alignment': 'center_baseline',
# 'ytick.color': 'black',
# 'ytick.direction': 'out',
# 'ytick.labelleft': True,
# 'ytick.labelright': False,
# 'ytick.labelsize': 'medium',
# 'ytick.left': True,
# 'ytick.major.left': True,
# 'ytick.major.pad': 3.5,
# 'ytick.major.right': True,
# 'ytick.major.size': 3.5,
# 'ytick.major.width': 0.8,
# 'ytick.minor.left': True,
# 'ytick.minor.pad': 3.4,
# 'ytick.minor.right': True,
# 'ytick.minor.size': 2.0,
# 'ytick.minor.visible': False,
# 'ytick.minor.width': 0.6,
# 'ytick.right': False})
Get Config:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.rcParams['font.size']
Set Config:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.rc('font', family='Serif', weight='bold', size=8)
plt.rc('figure', figsize=(12, 6))
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.rcParams['font.size'] = 8
plt.rcParams['font.family'] = 'Serif'
plt.rcParams['font.weight'] = 'bold'
plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (12, 6)
2.5.3. Styles
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
print(plt.style.available)
# ['Solarize_Light2', '_classic_test_patch', 'bmh', 'classic', 'dark_background', 'fast', 'fivethirtyeight',
# 'ggplot', 'grayscale', 'seaborn', 'seaborn-bright', 'seaborn-colorblind', 'seaborn-dark',
# 'seaborn-dark-palette', 'seaborn-darkgrid', 'seaborn-deep', 'seaborn-muted', 'seaborn-notebook',
# 'seaborn-paper', 'seaborn-pastel', 'seaborn-poster', 'seaborn-talk', 'seaborn-ticks', 'seaborn-white',
# 'seaborn-whitegrid', 'tableau-colorblind10']
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x)
plt.style.use('fivethirtyeight')
plt.plot(x, y, label='sin(x)')
plt.show() # doctest: +SKIP