About

The figure-scale library is designed to help you create publication-quality figures with precise size control in Matplotlib. It provides a convenient way to specify figure dimensions in various units (inches, millimeters, centimeters, points, etc.) and ensures consistent sizing across different plotting contexts.

Key Features:

• Multiple unit support: Specify dimensions in inches, millimeters, centimeters, points, and more, it is extendable by custom user provided units for convenience

• Flexible sizing: Define figures using width/height, or width/aspect, or height/aspect

• Easy integration: Works seamlessly with matplotlib’s existing figure creation methods

• Context management: Use as context managers or decorators for localized figure sizing

• Lightweight: Minimal dependencies, built on top of Matplotlib only

See also the blog post that inspired this package: Publication-Quality Plots in Python with Matplotlib. It also covers Localization, Style, Dimensions, and File Format of figures in Matplotlib.