niceplots 1.1.0

# NicePlots ## A collection of small tweaks to improve Python / plotting

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<img src=”examples/bar_chart.png” width=”58.5%” /> <img src=”examples/niceplotsPulseResponse.png” width=”38.82%” /> <img src=”examples/ParulaContours.png” width=”62.22%” /> <img src=”examples/optProb-shaded.png” width=”35%” />

### How do I install?

• Clone this repository, then enter the folder in the command line terminal.

• Enter pip install -e . within the niceplots folder.

#### Font installation (optional)

Niceplots will try and use the [computer modern bright](https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/computermodernbright/) font for the best looking plots so be sure to install it as a system font if you want to recreate the style of the plots above. Otherwise, niceplots will still work but revert back to the matplotlib default sans-serif font, DejaVu Sans.

To install the font on Ubuntu, run the following commands: ` sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install fonts-cmu ` Arch linux users can get the font by installing the otf-cm-unicode package from AUR.

If niceplots doesn’t recognize the font, it might be necessary to delete Matplotlib’s font cache file from its location on your computer, likely in ~/.cache/matplotlib

### How do I get set up?

• Use import niceplots at the top of a file where you would like to use any function defined in this package.

• Use niceplots.setRCParams() to set some matplotlib defaults for nice looking plots. Set dark_mode=True and set_background_color=True to make plots with a dark background.

• Use niceplots.All() after all the plot commands to apply the niceplot standards on the figure.

• To use the Matlab colormap “parula”, execute from niceplots import parula then use parula.parula_map as your colormap within your plotting script. See the contour plot example code for an example of this.

### Do you have docs?

Sort of, you can find our examples gallery and api documentation [here](https://mdolab-niceplots.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest)

### Contribution guidelines

• Make any changes you see fit. Please fork your own version and submit a pull request.

### Who do I talk to?

• Alasdair Gray, alachris@umich.edu

• Eirikur Jonsson eirikurj@umich.edu