Optimal Plot Sizes for Scientific Works

In this guide, I will show you how to create plots in a standardized, publication-ready size. These tips are suitable for both Jupyter notebooks and scientific works such as term papers.

When exporting plots as PDF files, vector graphics are created that can be scaled losslessly afterward. While this allows flexible adaptation to single or double-column layout formats, it can lead to inconsistencies: different scaling factors often result in varying sizes of axis labels and markers, which impairs the overall appearance of the work.

The better strategy is to use uniform plot sizes from the beginning:

Define standards for single and double-column figures
Establish uniform sizes for axis labels and markers
Create all plots directly in the final size

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Below, I present practical techniques that allow you to create and save publication-ready plots directly from Jupyter notebooks.

Creating a Diagram with a Specific Bounding Box Size

When creating a plot in matplotlib, you can set a size with the figsize parameter, e.g.

plt.figure(figsize=(3,2))

for a figure with a width of 3 inches or 7.62 cm and a height of 2 inches (5.08 cm). If you don’t use this parameter or even don’t use the plt.figure() command, matplotlib uses the default size, which is often 8 inches by 6 inches. This default size is much too large, as the figure would then be almost as wide as a whole A4 page. An appropriate size for a plot in a single column of a two-column document would be the above-mentioned 3 inches by 2 inches, as the total page width of 21 cm minus a margin of about 3 cm on each side results in a column width of approximately (21-6)/2=7.5 cm.

The plot shown in Figure 2 was created with the following commands

plt.figure(figsize=(3,2), dpi=150)
x=np.linspace(0,np.pi*4,200)
plt.plot(x,np.sin(x),color='k')
plt.xlabel(r"angle $\theta$ in [rad]")
plt.ylabel(r"$\sin(\theta)$")
plt.savefig("figure_example.pdf",
    bbox_inches = 'tight')
plt.show()

The resulting PDF file contains a graphic with a bounding box that is exactly 3 inches by 2 inches. When you insert the diagram into any drawing program like Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer, or even into a word processing software like Word or Pages, the bounding box of this diagram has exactly this size, and you can arrange additional diagrams to create a complete figure without having to change the scaling. If you use the diagram in a two-column LaTeX manuscript, it can be used without scaling, i.e., includegraphics{Figure 1.pdf} will display it at the appropriate size across one column.

There are a few more things to note.

While the bounding box of this figure has this size, the axis frame is smaller, and often there is some empty space on the left/bottom side between the axis labels and the edge of the bounding box. This depends heavily on your specific diagram. How to create a figure with a fixed axis frame size is covered in the second section.
The font size on the axis is now 10 or 11 points, which corresponds to the font size of most documents you create with this figure. I used the following plt.rcParams: ‘axes.labelsize’: 11, ‘xtick.labelsize’ : 10, ‘ytick.labelsize’ : 10 for the shown representation.
You will also notice that working with this figure size in a Jupyter notebook is not good. This has to do with how Jupyter translates the output into a PNG file that is displayed inline. One way to enlarge the plot in the Jupyter notebook while maintaining the PDF size is to increase the dpi parameter in the plt.figure(figsize=(3,2), dpi=150) command. Normally it is set to dpi=75, which is now much too small. A setting of dpi=150 seems to be a reasonable compromise between screen and print size. If you want to be completely independent
The plt.savefig command uses an additional bbox_inches = 'tight' parameter that ensures that the bounding box really encloses all components of the plot precisely.

import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
from IPython.core.display import HTML
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from directory_tree import display_tree

plt.rcParams.update({'font.size': 12,
                     'lines.linewidth': 1,
                     'lines.markersize': 10,
                     'axes.labelsize': 11,
                     'xtick.labelsize' : 10,
                     'ytick.labelsize' : 10,
                     'xtick.top' : True,
                     'xtick.direction' : 'in',
                     'ytick.right' : True,
                     'ytick.direction' : 'in',
                     'figure.dpi': 150})

#| autorun: false
def get_size(w,h):
    return((w/2.54,h/2.54))

plt.figure(figsize=get_size(14,6))
x=np.linspace(0,np.pi*4,200)
plt.plot(x,np.sin(x),color='k')
plt.xlabel(r"angle $\theta$ in [rad]")
plt.ylabel(r"$\sin(\theta)$")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig("figure_example3.pdf", transparent=True)
plt.show()

Figure 1: This is a caption

When you load this image into any software, you get an image with a size that corresponds to the set width.

Creating a Diagram with a Specific Axis Frame Size

The axis frame is the box of the frame that provides the axes. When creating a figure with the plt.figure() command, the axis frame is calculated by matplotlib to fit within the bounding box specified by figsize, so that all axis labels also fit inside. The axis frame is therefore smaller than the specified bounding box and often depends on the axis labels and other things. If you want to create a plot with a fixed size of the axis frame, it makes sense to include a function in your code that sets the size of the axis frame. This function could be

def set_size(w,h, ax=None):
    """ w, h: width, height in inches """
    if not ax: ax=plt.gca()
      l = ax.figure.subplotpars.left
      r = ax.figure.subplotpars.right
    t = ax.figure.subplotpars.top
    b = ax.figure.subplotpars.bottom
    figw = float(w)/(r-l)
    figh = float(h)/(t-b)
    ax.figure.set_size_inches(figw, figh)

where you need to specify the desired width and height (in inches) of the current axis ax. The function doesn’t return anything but directly sets the size.

def set_size(w,h, ax=None):
    """ w, h: width, height in inches """
    if not ax: ax=plt.gca()
    l = ax.figure.subplotpars.left
    r = ax.figure.subplotpars.right
    t = ax.figure.subplotpars.top
    b = ax.figure.subplotpars.bottom
    figw = float(w)/(r-l)
    figh = float(h)/(t-b)
    ax.figure.set_size_inches(figw, figh)

fig=plt.figure(dpi=150)
ax=plt.axes()
ax.plot(x,np.sin(x),color='k')
ax.set_xlabel(r"angle $\theta$ in [rad]")
ax.set_ylabel(r"$\sin(\theta)$")
set_size(3,2)
plt.savefig("figure_example2.pdf", bbox_inches='tight', transparent=True)
plt.show()

When you load this figure into a graphics program or word processing software, the figure field should have a size of 7.62 cm by 5.08 cm, without any rescaling:

Selecting Fonts

Matplotlib can access a range of different fonts. It can be difficult to find the right font for the formula style of your document or publication. A list of fonts available to Matplotlib can be retrieved with the following code snippet, which I found here.

from IPython.display import HTML, display

def make_html(fontname):
    return "<p>{font}: <span style='font-family:{font}; font-size: 24px;'>{font}</p>".format(font=fontname)

code = "\n".join([make_html(font) for font in sorted(set([f.name for f in font_manager.fontManager.ttflist]))])

display(HTML("<div style='column-count: 2;'>{}</div>".format(code)))

.Aqua Kana: .Aqua Kana

.CJK Symbols Fallback HK: .CJK Symbols Fallback HK

.Keyboard: .Keyboard

.New York: .New York

.SF Arabic: .SF Arabic

.SF Arabic Rounded: .SF Arabic Rounded

.SF Armenian: .SF Armenian

.SF Armenian Rounded: .SF Armenian Rounded

.SF Camera: .SF Camera

.SF Compact Rounded: .SF Compact Rounded

.SF Georgian: .SF Georgian

.SF Georgian Rounded: .SF Georgian Rounded

.SF Hebrew: .SF Hebrew

.SF Hebrew Rounded: .SF Hebrew Rounded

.SF NS Mono: .SF NS Mono

.SF NS Rounded: .SF NS Rounded

.SF Soft Numeric: .SF Soft Numeric

.ThonburiUI: .ThonburiUI

Academy Engraved LET: Academy Engraved LET

Adelle Sans Devanagari: Adelle Sans Devanagari

AkayaKanadaka: AkayaKanadaka

AkayaTelivigala: AkayaTelivigala

Al Bayan: Al Bayan

Al Nile: Al Nile

Al Tarikh: Al Tarikh

American Typewriter: American Typewriter

Andale Mono: Andale Mono

Annai MN: Annai MN

Apple Braille: Apple Braille

Apple Chancery: Apple Chancery

Apple LiGothic: Apple LiGothic

Apple LiSung: Apple LiSung

Apple SD Gothic Neo: Apple SD Gothic Neo

Apple Symbols: Apple Symbols

AppleGothic: AppleGothic

AppleMyungjo: AppleMyungjo

Arial: Arial

Arial Black: Arial Black

Arial Hebrew: Arial Hebrew

Arial Narrow: Arial Narrow

Arial Rounded MT Bold: Arial Rounded MT Bold

Arial Unicode MS: Arial Unicode MS

Arima Koshi: Arima Koshi

Arima Madurai: Arima Madurai

Athelas: Athelas

Avenir: Avenir

Avenir Next: Avenir Next

Avenir Next Condensed: Avenir Next Condensed

Ayuthaya: Ayuthaya

BM Dohyeon: BM Dohyeon

BM Hanna 11yrs Old: BM Hanna 11yrs Old

BM Hanna Air: BM Hanna Air

BM Hanna Pro: BM Hanna Pro

BM Jua: BM Jua

BM Kirang Haerang: BM Kirang Haerang

BM Yeonsung: BM Yeonsung

Baghdad: Baghdad

Bai Jamjuree: Bai Jamjuree

Baloo 2: Baloo 2

Baloo Bhai 2: Baloo Bhai 2

Baloo Bhaijaan: Baloo Bhaijaan

Baloo Bhaina 2: Baloo Bhaina 2

Baloo Chettan 2: Baloo Chettan 2

Baloo Da 2: Baloo Da 2

Baloo Paaji 2: Baloo Paaji 2

Baloo Tamma 2: Baloo Tamma 2

Baloo Tammudu 2: Baloo Tammudu 2

Baloo Thambi 2: Baloo Thambi 2

Bangla MN: Bangla MN

Bangla Sangam MN: Bangla Sangam MN

Baoli SC: Baoli SC

Baskerville: Baskerville

Beirut: Beirut

BiauKaiHK: BiauKaiHK

Big Caslon: Big Caslon

Bodoni 72: Bodoni 72

Bodoni 72 Oldstyle: Bodoni 72 Oldstyle

Bodoni 72 Smallcaps: Bodoni 72 Smallcaps

Bodoni Ornaments: Bodoni Ornaments

Bradley Hand: Bradley Hand

Brush Script MT: Brush Script MT

Cambay Devanagari: Cambay Devanagari

Chakra Petch: Chakra Petch

Chalkboard: Chalkboard

Chalkboard SE: Chalkboard SE

Chalkduster: Chalkduster

Charm: Charm

Charmonman: Charmonman

Charter: Charter

Cochin: Cochin

Comic Sans MS: Comic Sans MS

Copperplate: Copperplate

Corsiva Hebrew: Corsiva Hebrew

Courier: Courier

Courier New: Courier New

DIN Alternate: DIN Alternate

DIN Condensed: DIN Condensed

Damascus: Damascus

DecoType Naskh: DecoType Naskh

DejaVu Sans: DejaVu Sans

DejaVu Sans Display: DejaVu Sans Display

DejaVu Sans Mono: DejaVu Sans Mono

DejaVu Serif: DejaVu Serif

DejaVu Serif Display: DejaVu Serif Display

Devanagari MT: Devanagari MT

Devanagari Sangam MN: Devanagari Sangam MN

Didot: Didot

Diwan Kufi: Diwan Kufi

Diwan Thuluth: Diwan Thuluth

Euphemia UCAS: Euphemia UCAS

Fahkwang: Fahkwang

Farah: Farah

Farisi: Farisi

Futura: Futura

Galvji: Galvji

Geeza Pro: Geeza Pro

Geneva: Geneva

Georgia: Georgia

Gill Sans: Gill Sans

Gotu: Gotu

Gujarati MT: Gujarati MT

Gujarati Sangam MN: Gujarati Sangam MN

GungSeo: GungSeo

Gurmukhi MN: Gurmukhi MN

Gurmukhi MT: Gurmukhi MT

Gurmukhi Sangam MN: Gurmukhi Sangam MN

Hannotate SC: Hannotate SC

HanziPen SC: HanziPen SC

HeadLineA: HeadLineA

Hei: Hei

Heiti TC: Heiti TC

Helvetica: Helvetica

Helvetica Neue: Helvetica Neue

Herculanum: Herculanum

Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro: Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro

Hiragino Mincho ProN: Hiragino Mincho ProN

Hiragino Sans: Hiragino Sans

Hiragino Sans GB: Hiragino Sans GB

Hiragino Sans TC: Hiragino Sans TC

Hoefler Text: Hoefler Text

Hubballi: Hubballi

ITF Devanagari: ITF Devanagari

Impact: Impact

InaiMathi: InaiMathi

Iowan Old Style: Iowan Old Style

Jaini: Jaini

Jaini Purva: Jaini Purva

K2D: K2D

Kai: Kai

Kailasa: Kailasa

Kaiti SC: Kaiti SC

Kannada MN: Kannada MN

Kannada Sangam MN: Kannada Sangam MN

Katari: Katari

Kavivanar: Kavivanar

Kefa: Kefa

Khmer MN: Khmer MN

Khmer Sangam MN: Khmer Sangam MN

Klee: Klee

KoHo: KoHo

Kodchasan: Kodchasan

Kohinoor Bangla: Kohinoor Bangla

Kohinoor Devanagari: Kohinoor Devanagari

Kohinoor Gujarati: Kohinoor Gujarati

Kohinoor Telugu: Kohinoor Telugu

Kokonor: Kokonor

Krub: Krub

Krungthep: Krungthep

KufiStandardGK: KufiStandardGK

Lahore Gurmukhi: Lahore Gurmukhi

Lantinghei SC: Lantinghei SC

Lao MN: Lao MN

Lao Sangam MN: Lao Sangam MN

Lava Devanagari: Lava Devanagari

Lava Kannada: Lava Kannada

Lava Telugu: Lava Telugu

LiHei Pro: LiHei Pro

LiSong Pro: LiSong Pro

Libian SC: Libian SC

LingWai SC: LingWai SC

LingWai TC: LingWai TC

Lucida Grande: Lucida Grande

Luminari: Luminari

Maku: Maku

Malayalam MN: Malayalam MN

Malayalam Sangam MN: Malayalam Sangam MN

Mali: Mali

Marion: Marion

Marker Felt: Marker Felt

Menlo: Menlo

Microsoft Sans Serif: Microsoft Sans Serif

Mishafi: Mishafi

Mishafi Gold: Mishafi Gold

Modak: Modak

Monaco: Monaco

Mshtakan: Mshtakan

Mukta: Mukta

Mukta Mahee: Mukta Mahee

Mukta Malar: Mukta Malar

Mukta Vaani: Mukta Vaani

Muna: Muna

Myanmar MN: Myanmar MN

Myanmar Sangam MN: Myanmar Sangam MN

Nadeem: Nadeem

Nanum Brush Script: Nanum Brush Script

Nanum Gothic: Nanum Gothic

Nanum Myeongjo: Nanum Myeongjo

New Peninim MT: New Peninim MT

Niramit: Niramit

Noteworthy: Noteworthy

Noto Nastaliq Urdu: Noto Nastaliq Urdu

Noto Sans Adlam: Noto Sans Adlam

Noto Sans Armenian: Noto Sans Armenian

Noto Sans Avestan: Noto Sans Avestan

Noto Sans Bamum: Noto Sans Bamum

Noto Sans Bassa Vah: Noto Sans Bassa Vah

Noto Sans Batak: Noto Sans Batak

Noto Sans Bhaiksuki: Noto Sans Bhaiksuki

Noto Sans Brahmi: Noto Sans Brahmi

Noto Sans Buginese: Noto Sans Buginese

Noto Sans Buhid: Noto Sans Buhid

Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal: Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal

Noto Sans Carian: Noto Sans Carian

Noto Sans Caucasian Albanian: Noto Sans Caucasian Albanian

Noto Sans Chakma: Noto Sans Chakma

Noto Sans Cham: Noto Sans Cham

Noto Sans Coptic: Noto Sans Coptic

Noto Sans Cuneiform: Noto Sans Cuneiform

Noto Sans Cypriot: Noto Sans Cypriot

Noto Sans Duployan: Noto Sans Duployan

Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Noto Sans Elbasan: Noto Sans Elbasan

Noto Sans Glagolitic: Noto Sans Glagolitic

Noto Sans Gothic: Noto Sans Gothic

Noto Sans Gunjala Gondi: Noto Sans Gunjala Gondi

Noto Sans Hanifi Rohingya: Noto Sans Hanifi Rohingya

Noto Sans Hanunoo: Noto Sans Hanunoo

Noto Sans Hatran: Noto Sans Hatran

Noto Sans Imperial Aramaic: Noto Sans Imperial Aramaic

Noto Sans Inscriptional Pahlavi: Noto Sans Inscriptional Pahlavi

Noto Sans Inscriptional Parthian: Noto Sans Inscriptional Parthian

Noto Sans Javanese: Noto Sans Javanese

Noto Sans Kaithi: Noto Sans Kaithi

Noto Sans Kannada: Noto Sans Kannada

Noto Sans Kayah Li: Noto Sans Kayah Li

Noto Sans Kharoshthi: Noto Sans Kharoshthi

Noto Sans Khojki: Noto Sans Khojki

Noto Sans Khudawadi: Noto Sans Khudawadi

Noto Sans Lepcha: Noto Sans Lepcha

Noto Sans Limbu: Noto Sans Limbu

Noto Sans Linear A: Noto Sans Linear A

Noto Sans Linear B: Noto Sans Linear B

Noto Sans Lisu: Noto Sans Lisu

Noto Sans Lycian: Noto Sans Lycian

Noto Sans Lydian: Noto Sans Lydian

Noto Sans Mahajani: Noto Sans Mahajani

Noto Sans Mandaic: Noto Sans Mandaic

Noto Sans Manichaean: Noto Sans Manichaean

Noto Sans Marchen: Noto Sans Marchen

Noto Sans Masaram Gondi: Noto Sans Masaram Gondi

Noto Sans Meetei Mayek: Noto Sans Meetei Mayek

Noto Sans Mende Kikakui: Noto Sans Mende Kikakui

Noto Sans Meroitic: Noto Sans Meroitic

Noto Sans Miao: Noto Sans Miao

Noto Sans Modi: Noto Sans Modi

Noto Sans Mongolian: Noto Sans Mongolian

Noto Sans Mro: Noto Sans Mro

Noto Sans Multani: Noto Sans Multani

Noto Sans Myanmar: Noto Sans Myanmar

Noto Sans NKo: Noto Sans NKo

Noto Sans Nabataean: Noto Sans Nabataean

Noto Sans New Tai Lue: Noto Sans New Tai Lue

Noto Sans Newa: Noto Sans Newa

Noto Sans Ol Chiki: Noto Sans Ol Chiki

Noto Sans Old Hungarian: Noto Sans Old Hungarian

Noto Sans Old Italic: Noto Sans Old Italic

Noto Sans Old North Arabian: Noto Sans Old North Arabian

Noto Sans Old Permic: Noto Sans Old Permic

Noto Sans Old Persian: Noto Sans Old Persian

Noto Sans Old South Arabian: Noto Sans Old South Arabian

Noto Sans Old Turkic: Noto Sans Old Turkic

Noto Sans Oriya: Noto Sans Oriya

Noto Sans Osage: Noto Sans Osage

Noto Sans Osmanya: Noto Sans Osmanya

Noto Sans Pahawh Hmong: Noto Sans Pahawh Hmong

Noto Sans Palmyrene: Noto Sans Palmyrene

Noto Sans Pau Cin Hau: Noto Sans Pau Cin Hau

Noto Sans PhagsPa: Noto Sans PhagsPa

Noto Sans Phoenician: Noto Sans Phoenician

Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi: Noto Sans Psalter Pahlavi

Noto Sans Rejang: Noto Sans Rejang

Noto Sans Samaritan: Noto Sans Samaritan

Noto Sans Saurashtra: Noto Sans Saurashtra

Noto Sans Sharada: Noto Sans Sharada

Noto Sans Siddham: Noto Sans Siddham

Noto Sans Sora Sompeng: Noto Sans Sora Sompeng

Noto Sans Sundanese: Noto Sans Sundanese

Noto Sans Syloti Nagri: Noto Sans Syloti Nagri

Noto Sans Syriac: Noto Sans Syriac

Noto Sans Tagalog: Noto Sans Tagalog

Noto Sans Tagbanwa: Noto Sans Tagbanwa

Noto Sans Tai Le: Noto Sans Tai Le

Noto Sans Tai Tham: Noto Sans Tai Tham

Noto Sans Tai Viet: Noto Sans Tai Viet

Noto Sans Takri: Noto Sans Takri

Noto Sans Thaana: Noto Sans Thaana

Noto Sans Tifinagh: Noto Sans Tifinagh

Noto Sans Tirhuta: Noto Sans Tirhuta

Noto Sans Ugaritic: Noto Sans Ugaritic

Noto Sans Vai: Noto Sans Vai

Noto Sans Wancho: Noto Sans Wancho

Noto Sans Warang Citi: Noto Sans Warang Citi

Noto Sans Yi: Noto Sans Yi

Noto Serif Ahom: Noto Serif Ahom

Noto Serif Balinese: Noto Serif Balinese

Noto Serif Hmong Nyiakeng: Noto Serif Hmong Nyiakeng

Noto Serif Kannada: Noto Serif Kannada

Noto Serif Myanmar: Noto Serif Myanmar

Noto Serif Yezidi: Noto Serif Yezidi

October Compressed Devanagari: October Compressed Devanagari

October Compressed Tamil: October Compressed Tamil

October Condensed Devanagari: October Condensed Devanagari

October Condensed Tamil: October Condensed Tamil

October Devanagari: October Devanagari

October Tamil: October Tamil

Optima: Optima

Oriya MN: Oriya MN

Oriya Sangam MN: Oriya Sangam MN

Osaka: Osaka

PCMyungjo: PCMyungjo

PSL Ornanong Pro: PSL Ornanong Pro

PT Mono: PT Mono

PT Sans: PT Sans

PT Serif: PT Serif

PT Serif Caption: PT Serif Caption

Padyakke Expanded One: Padyakke Expanded One

Palatino: Palatino

Papyrus: Papyrus

Party LET: Party LET

Phosphate: Phosphate

PilGi: PilGi

Plantagenet Cherokee: Plantagenet Cherokee

Raanana: Raanana

Rockwell: Rockwell

STFangsong: STFangsong

STHeiti: STHeiti

STIX Two Math: STIX Two Math

STIX Two Text: STIX Two Text

STIXGeneral: STIXGeneral

STIXIntegralsD: STIXIntegralsD

STIXIntegralsSm: STIXIntegralsSm

STIXIntegralsUp: STIXIntegralsUp

STIXIntegralsUpD: STIXIntegralsUpD

STIXIntegralsUpSm: STIXIntegralsUpSm

STIXNonUnicode: STIXNonUnicode

STIXSizeFiveSym: STIXSizeFiveSym

STIXSizeFourSym: STIXSizeFourSym

STIXSizeOneSym: STIXSizeOneSym

STIXSizeThreeSym: STIXSizeThreeSym

STIXSizeTwoSym: STIXSizeTwoSym

STIXVariants: STIXVariants

Sama Devanagari: Sama Devanagari

Sama Gujarati: Sama Gujarati

Sama Gurmukhi: Sama Gurmukhi

Sama Kannada: Sama Kannada

Sama Malayalam: Sama Malayalam

Sama Tamil: Sama Tamil

Sana: Sana

Sarabun: Sarabun

Sathu: Sathu

Savoye LET: Savoye LET

Seravek: Seravek

Shobhika: Shobhika

Shree Devanagari 714: Shree Devanagari 714

SignPainter: SignPainter

Silom: Silom

SimSong: SimSong

Sinhala MN: Sinhala MN

Sinhala Sangam MN: Sinhala Sangam MN

Skia: Skia

Snell Roundhand: Snell Roundhand

Songti SC: Songti SC

Srisakdi: Srisakdi

Sukhumvit Set: Sukhumvit Set

Superclarendon: Superclarendon

Symbol: Symbol

System Font: System Font

Tahoma: Tahoma

Tamil MN: Tamil MN

Tamil Sangam MN: Tamil Sangam MN

Telugu MN: Telugu MN

Telugu Sangam MN: Telugu Sangam MN

Thonburi: Thonburi

Times: Times

Times New Roman: Times New Roman

Tiro Bangla: Tiro Bangla

Tiro Devanagari Hindi: Tiro Devanagari Hindi

Tiro Devanagari Marathi: Tiro Devanagari Marathi

Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit: Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit

Tiro Gurmukhi: Tiro Gurmukhi

Tiro Kannada: Tiro Kannada

Tiro Tamil: Tiro Tamil

Tiro Telugu: Tiro Telugu

Toppan Bunkyu Gothic: Toppan Bunkyu Gothic

Toppan Bunkyu Midashi Gothic: Toppan Bunkyu Midashi Gothic

Toppan Bunkyu Midashi Mincho: Toppan Bunkyu Midashi Mincho

Toppan Bunkyu Mincho: Toppan Bunkyu Mincho

Trattatello: Trattatello

Trebuchet MS: Trebuchet MS

Tsukushi A Round Gothic: Tsukushi A Round Gothic

Tsukushi B Round Gothic: Tsukushi B Round Gothic

Verdana: Verdana

Waseem: Waseem

Wawati SC: Wawati SC

Wawati TC: Wawati TC

Webdings: Webdings

Wingdings: Wingdings

Wingdings 2: Wingdings 2

Wingdings 3: Wingdings 3

Xingkai SC: Xingkai SC

YuGothic: YuGothic

YuKyokasho Yoko: YuKyokasho Yoko

YuMincho: YuMincho

Yuanti SC: Yuanti SC

Yuppy SC: Yuppy SC

Yuppy TC: Yuppy TC

Zapf Dingbats: Zapf Dingbats

Zapfino: Zapfino

cmb10: cmb10

cmex10: cmex10

cmmi10: cmmi10

cmr10: cmr10

cmss10: cmss10

cmsy10: cmsy10

cmtt10: cmtt10

If you are writing your document in LaTeX, the cmXXXX fonts might be of interest to you, as they correspond to the fonts used in LaTeX documents. Here is an example:

cmfont = font_manager.FontProperties(fname=mpl.get_data_path() + '/fonts/ttf/cmr10.ttf')
plt.rcParams.update({'font.size': 12,
                     'axes.titlesize': 12,
                     'axes.labelsize': 12,
                     'axes.labelpad': 12,
                     'lines.linewidth': 1,
                     'lines.markersize': 10,
                     'xtick.labelsize' : 10,
                     'ytick.labelsize' : 10,
                     'xtick.top' : True,
                     'xtick.direction' : 'in',
                     'ytick.right' : True,
                     'ytick.direction' : 'in',
                     'font.family' : 'serif',
                     'font.serif' : cmfont.get_name(),
                     "axes.formatter.use_mathtext": True,
                     'text.usetex': True,
                     'mathtext.fontset' : 'cm'
                    })

x=np.linspace(0,np.pi,100)

plt.figure(figsize=get_size(6,5),dpi=150)
plt.plot(x,np.sin(x))
plt.xlabel(r"velocity $v$")
plt.ylabel(r"position $r$")
plt.show()

Preparing a Document

When creating a document (bachelor thesis, for example), it is useful to organize your data and texts skillfully to save work. Here is an example,

from directory_tree import DisplayTree

DisplayTree("Example")

Example/
├── data/
│   └── Figure1/
│       ├── Figure1.html
│       └── Figure1.ipynb
├── Figures/
│   └── figure1.pdf
├── literature.bib
├── main.pdf
└── main.qmd