3.4. Style Customization

3.4.1. Basic customizations

figure object is implied
explicit assignment is needed when customizing

fig = plt.figure()

3.4.2. Size

Local:

plt.figure(figsize=(3,4))

Global:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = (20,10)

import matplotlib

matplotlib.rc('figure', figsize=(20,10))

3.4.3. Font

'serif'
'sans-serif'
'cursive'
'fantasy'
'monospace'

import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

matplotlib.rc('font', family='Serif', weight='bold', size=8)

x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

plt.plot(x, y)
plt.grid(True)
plt.show()  # doctest: +SKIP

3.4.4. Subplots

fig = plt.figure()

ax1 = plt.subplot2grid(shape=(1,1), loc=(0,0)) # ``loc`` = Location to place axis within grid.

plt.subplot_adjust(left=0.9, bottom=0.16)  # set margins