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photo-activation-nation.mplstyle
# This is Dan Allan's setting of Professor Robert Leheny's plotting style preferences.
# Updated August 2014
#
# Invoke in Python matplotlib like so:
#
# import matplotlib as mpl
#
# mpl.style.use('https://gist.github.com/danielballan/be066529de85e87a5fe7/raw')
#
# This feature is only available in matplotlib version 1.4 or higher.
# Plot area
figure.figsize: 10, 8
figure.facecolor: white
figure.edgecolor: white
axes.facecolor : white
axes.grid: False
# Axes and ticks
axes.linewidth: 2
axes.edgecolor: black
xtick.direction: in
ytick.direction: in
xtick.major.size: 10
xtick.major.width: 2
xtick.minor.size: 10
xtick.minor.width: 2
ytick.major.size: 10
ytick.major.width: 2
ytick.minor.size: 10
ytick.minor.width: 2
# Space xlabels lower than default.
xtick.major.pad: 20
xtick.minor.pad: 20
# Fonts and font sizes for various elements.
font.family: serif
font.serif: Computer Modern
text.usetex: True # All text will be in the LaTeX font.
font.size: 20
axes.titlesize: 20
axes.labelsize: 15
xtick.labelsize: 20
ytick.labelsize: 20
legend.fontsize: 12
image.cmap: gray
# Plot elements
lines.linewidth: 5
lines.markersize: 18
# savefig options (avoid clipping at margins)
savefig.bbox : tight
savefig.pad_inches : 0.2
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