make_plot.py

def make_plot(data, aes, *args, file=None, height=5, width=7, theme=theme_paper(), **kwargs):
    plt = pn.ggplot(data, aes)
    for a in args:
        plt = plt + a
    plt = plt + theme + pn.theme(**kwargs)
    if file is not None:
        outf = _fig_dir / file
        if outf.suffix:
            warnings.warn('file has suffix, ignoring')
        plt.save(outf.with_suffix('.pdf'), height=height, width=width)
        plt.save(outf.with_suffix('.png'), height=height, width=width, dpi=300)
    return plt

make_plot.R

make_polt = function(plot, file=NA, width=5, height=3, ...) {
    if (!is.na(file)) {
        png(paste(file, "png", sep="."), width=width, height=height, units='in', res=600, ...)
        print(plot)
        dev.off()
        cairo_pdf(paste(file, "pdf", sep="."), width=width, height=height, ...)
        print(plot)
        dev.off()
    }
    plot
}

theme_paper.py

class theme_paper(pn.theme_minimal):
    def __init__(self):
        pn.theme_minimal.__init__(self, base_family='Open Sans')
        self.add_theme(pn.theme(
            axis_title=pn.element_text(size=10),
            axis_title_y=pn.element_text(margin={'r': 12}),
            panel_border=pn.element_rect(color='gainsboro', size=1, fill=None)
        ), inplace=True)

theme_paper.R

theme_paper = function() {
    # theme_minimal(base_size=10, base_family='Source Sans Pro') +
    theme_minimal(base_size=10) +
         theme(panel.border=element_rect(linetype="solid", color="grey", fill=NA),
               plot.margin=margin())
}