Matplotlib
Applying the theme
Permanently — enable
Sets rcParams globally for the rest of the session:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from charite_plot.mpl_themes import enable
enable()
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot([1, 2, 3], [4, 7, 3])
ax.set_title("Survival over time")
ax.set_xlabel("Days")
ax.set_ylabel("Proportion")
plt.show()
Temporarily — using
Applies the theme only inside the with block, then restores the previous rcParams:
from charite_plot.mpl_themes import using
with using(palette="goldelse"):
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.bar(["A", "B", "C", "D"], [3, 7, 5, 9])
As a plain dict
theme_charite() returns a plain dict of rcParams, so you can inspect, merge, or pass it anywhere rcParams are accepted:
from charite_plot.mpl_themes import theme_charite
import matplotlib as mpl
params = theme_charite(palette="nineties", font_size=8)
params["lines.linewidth"] = 2.0 # any extra overrides
mpl.rcParams.update(params)
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
font |
str | None |
None |
Preferred font. Falls back through Charité Text Office → Charit? Text Office → Calibri → DejaVu Sans → sans-serif. |
font_size |
float |
10 |
Base font size in points. Use 8 for print/journal figures. |
thickness |
float |
0.5 |
Axis line and tick width. |
grid |
bool |
False |
Show major grid lines. |
palette |
str | list[str] |
"primary" |
Named palette or list of hex strings for axes.prop_cycle. |
background |
str |
"white" |
Figure and axes background color. |
tiny_margins |
bool |
False |
Minimise all margins and paddings around the plot panel. Useful for dense layouts. |
interactive |
bool |
False |
Enable interactive mode (equivalent to plt.ion()). Matplotlib-specific. |