mpl_themes

mpl_themes

Matplotlib theme for Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

theme_charite(font=None, font_size=10, thickness=0.5, grid=False, palette='primary', background='white', tiny_margins=False, interactive=False)

Return matplotlib rcParams dict for the Charité corporate identity theme.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
font	str | None	Preferred font family. Falls back through Charité Text Office → Charit? Text Office → Calibri → DejaVu Sans → sans-serif if the requested font is not installed.	None
font_size	int	Base font size in points. Defaults to 10 for screen; use 8 for print.	10
thickness	float	Axis line and tick width. Mirrors the R thickness parameter.	0.5
grid	bool	Show major grid lines. Disabled by default.	False
palette	str | list[str]	Name of a built-in palette or a list of hex color strings used for the axes.prop_cycle.	'primary'
background	str	Figure and axes background color.	'white'
tiny_margins	bool	Minimise all margins around the plot panel. Useful for dense layouts or when saving figures with little surrounding whitespace.	False
interactive	bool	Enable matplotlib interactive mode (equivalent to plt.ion()). Useful in notebooks or scripts where you want plots to display without blocking. Matplotlib-specific (Altair charts use .interactive()).	False

enable(**kwargs)

Apply the Charité theme to matplotlib's global rcParams (permanent until reset).

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
**kwargs		Any parameter accepted by :func:theme_charite (font, font_size, thickness, grid, palette, background, tiny_margins, interactive).	{}

Examples:

from charite_plot.mpl_themes import enable
enable(palette="goldelse", font_size=8)

using(**kwargs)

Temporarily apply the Charité theme, restoring the previous rcParams on exit.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
**kwargs		Any parameter accepted by :func:theme_charite.	{}

Examples:

from charite_plot.mpl_themes import using
with using(palette="goldelse"):
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.plot([1, 2, 3])