Leheny Lab "House Style" for Python matplotlib plots

leheny.mplstyle

# This is Dan Allan's setting of Professor Robert Leheny's plotting style preferences.
# Updated October 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: 5
xtick.major.width: 2
xtick.minor.size: 5
xtick.minor.width: 2
ytick.major.size: 5
ytick.major.width: 2
ytick.minor.size: 5
ytick.minor.width: 2

# Space xlabels lower than default.
xtick.major.pad: 20
xtick.minor.pad: 20

# Font sizes for various elements.
font.size: 25
axes.titlesize: 20
axes.labelsize: 20
xtick.labelsize: 20
ytick.labelsize: 20
legend.fontsize: 16

# Use sans-serif LaTeX for all text.
font.family: sans-serif
font.sans-serif: Helvetica
text.usetex: True
text.latex.preamble: \usepackage{sfmath}

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