An advanced example of generating publication quality plots for scientific journals in Python using Plotly.

line-plot-with-dict-styling.py

import plotly.graph_objects as go
import numpy as np
from scipy.special import gamma
from pathlib import Path

here = Path(__file__).parent
filename = Path(__file__).stem

xdata = np.linspace(-5, 5, 1000)
ydata = gamma(xdata)

trace0 = go.Scatter(
    x=xdata,
    y=ydata,
    name='Γ(x)', mode='lines',
    line=dict(color='black', width=.8))

fig = go.Figure((trace0,))

# Styling
style_dict = {
    'layout.plot_bgcolor': 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)',
    'layout.font.family': 'Times New Roman',
    'layout.xaxis.linecolor': 'black',
    'layout.xaxis.ticks': 'inside',
    'layout.xaxis.mirror': True,
    'layout.xaxis.showline': True,
    'layout.yaxis.linecolor': 'black',
    'layout.yaxis.ticks': 'inside',
    'layout.yaxis.mirror': True,
    'layout.yaxis.showline': True,
    'layout.autosize': False,
    'layout.showlegend': True,
    'layout.legend.bgcolor': 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)',
    'layout.legend.xanchor': 'right',
    'layout.legend.x': 1,
    'layout.legend.font.family': 'monospace',
    # Specialized:
    # 'layout.xaxis.range': (2.3, 2.5),
    'layout.yaxis.range': (-50, +50),
    'layout.xaxis.title': r'$x$',
    'layout.yaxis.title': r'$y$',
    'layout.title': 'Advanced Example of a Line Plot with Plotly',
}
fig.update(**style_dict)
fig.add_annotation(dict(
    xref='paper',
    yref='paper',
    x=0.5, y=-0.25,
    showarrow=False,
    text='The figure above, is an example of publication quality plotting for'
    ' scientific journals. This plot was generated using Plotly.'))

# Export figure
if True:
    fig.write_image(here / f'{filename}.png')
fig