A modern Matplotlib style

matplotlibrc

# EPIC Matplotlib Style
# =====================
#
# To make this your default style on OS X, save it as:
#       ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
#
# Styles: BMH and GGPLOT
# Colors: colorbrewer.org

# Backend
# -------
backend             : MacOSX

# Lines
# -----
lines.linewidth     : 2.0
lines.antialiased   : True
lines.marker        : .

# Patches
# -------
patch.linewidth     : 0.5
patch.facecolor     : 3288BD
patch.edgecolor     : eeeeee
patch.antialiased   : True

# Font
# ----
font.family         : sans-serif
font.sans-serif     : Helvetica Neue
font.size           : 12.0

# Text
# ----
mathtext.fontset    : cm

# Axes
# ----
axes.hold           : True      # whether to clear the axes by default on
axes.facecolor      : e5e5e5    # axes background color
axes.edgecolor      : white     # axes edge color
axes.linewidth      : 1         # edge linewidth
axes.grid           : True      # display grid or not
axes.titlesize      : large     # fontsize of the axes title
axes.labelsize      : large     # fontsize of the x any y labels
axes.labelcolor     : 555555
axes.axisbelow      : True      # grid/ticks below elements
axes.color_cycle    : 9E0142, 3288BD, 66C2A5, 5E4FA2, D53E4F, D55E00, 009E73, 0072B2

# Ticks
# -----
xtick.major.size     : 0         # major tick size in points
#xtick.minor.size    : 0         # minor tick size in points
#xtick.major.pad     : 6         # distance to major tick label in points
#xtick.minor.pad     : 6         # distance to the minor tick label in points
xtick.color         : 555555    # color of the tick labels
xtick.direction     : out       # direction: in or out

#ytick.major.size    : 0         # major tick size in points
#ytick.minor.size    : 0         # minor tick size in points
#ytick.major.pad     : 6         # distance to major tick label in points
#ytick.minor.pad     : 6         # distance to the minor tick label in points
ytick.color         : 555555    # color of the tick labels
ytick.direction     : out       # direction: in or out

# Legend
# ------
legend.fancybox      : False    # if True, use a rounded box for the legend
legend.numpoints     : 1        # the number of points in the legend line
#legend.fontsize      : large
#legend.pad           : 0.0      # deprecated; the fractional whitespace inside the legend border
#legend.borderpad     : 0.5      # border whitspace in fontsize units
legend.markerscale   : 2.0      # the relative size of legend markers vs. original
# the following dimensions are in axes coords
#legend.labelsep      : 0.010    # the vertical space between the legend entries
#legend.handlelen     : 0.05     # the length of the legend lines
#legend.handletextsep : 0.02     # the space between the legend line and legend text
#legend.axespad       : 0.02     # the border between the axes and legend edge
#legend.shadow        : False

# Grid
# ----
grid.color          : white
grid.linestyle      : -

# Figure
# ------
figure.figsize      : 8, 6      # figure size in inches
figure.facecolor    : white     # figure facecolor; 0.75 is scalar gray
figure.edgecolor    : 0.50      # figure edgecolor

#figure.subplot.left    : 0.125  # the left side of the subplots of the figure
#figure.subplot.right   : 0.9    # the right side of the subplots of the figure
#figure.subplot.bottom  : 0.1    # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
#figure.subplot.top     : 0.9    # the top of the subplots of the figure
#figure.subplot.wspace  : 0.2    # the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots
figure.subplot.hspace  : 0.5    # the amount of height reserved for white space between subplots

# Images
# ------
#image.aspect : equal            # equal | auto | a number
#image.interpolation  : bilinear # see help(imshow) for options
#image.cmap   : jet              # gray | jet etc...
#image.lut    : 256              # the size of the colormap lookup table
#image.origin : upper            # lower | upper
#image.resample  : False

# Saving Figures
# --------------
savefig.dpi         : 300       # figure dots per inch
savefig.format      : pdf       # what extension to use for savefig('foo'), or 'auto'
savefig.bbox        : tight     # Minimize superfluous space around plot