Matplotlibrc file for good paper figures

matplotlibrc

savefig.dpi: 226
savefig.bbox: tight
savefig.pad_inches: 0
savefig.transparent: False

axes.linewidth     : 2
axes.spines.top    : False
axes.spines.right  : False

axes.grid          : True    # display grid or not
axes.grid.axis     : both    # which axis the grid should apply to
axes.grid.which    : major # gridlines at {major, minor, both} ticks

# GRID
grid.color     : b0b0b0  # grid color
grid.linestyle : --      # solid
grid.linewidth : 0.8     # in points
grid.alpha     : 1.0     # transparency, between 0.0 and 1.0


font.family        : serif
font.serif         : Times New Roman
font.sans-serif    : Helvetica, Avant Garde, Computer Modern Sans Serif
font.cursive       : Zapf Chancery
font.monospace     : Courier, Computer Modern Typewriter
font.size           : 18.0
axes.titlesize      : 28.0
axes.titlepad       : 20
axes.labelsize      : large
axes.labelweight    : 300

lines.linewidth      : 2

mathtext.rm  : serif
mathtext.it  : serif:italic
mathtext.bf  : serif:bold
mathtext.fontset: custom

legend.frameon       : True
legend.edgecolor     : white
legend.facecolor     : white
legend.scatterpoints : 3
legend.fontsize      : medium
legend.markerscale   : 4
legend.handlelength  : 0.8
legend.handleheight  : 0
legend.handletextpad : 0.5

#axes.color_cycle    : b, g, r, c, m, y, k  # color cycle for plot lines
                                            # as list of string colorspecs:
                                            # single letter, long name, or
                                            # web-style hex

### TICKS
# see http://matplotlib.org/api/axis_api.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick
xtick.minor.visible  : True
ytick.minor.visible  : True
xtick.major.size     : 6      # major tick size in points
xtick.minor.size     : 4      # minor tick size in points
xtick.major.width    : 2      # major tick width in points
xtick.minor.width    : 1      # minor tick width in points
#xtick.labelsize     : large  # fontsize of the tick labels

ytick.major.size     : 6      # major tick size in points
ytick.minor.size     : 4      # minor tick size in points
ytick.major.width    : 2      # major tick width in points
ytick.minor.width    : 1      # minor tick width in points
#ytick.labelsize     : large  # fontsize of the tick labels