Logo

This is an example how the pplt icon is created.

"""Create Matplotlib inspired logo.

This script is taken from
https://matplotlib.org/gallery/misc/logos2.html#sphx-glr-gallery-misc-logos2-py
an heavily simplified to fit the spirit of prettypyplot.
"""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle

import prettypyplot as pplt


def create_icon_axes(fig):
    """Create a polar axes containing the radar plot."""
    ax = fig.add_axes((0, 0, 1, 1), projection='polar')

    N = 7
    arc = 2. * np.pi
    theta = np.arange(0.0, arc, arc / N)
    radii = np.array([3, 6, 8, 7, 4, 5, 8])
    bars = ax.bar(
        theta,
        radii,
        width=arc / N,
        bottom=0.0,
        align='edge',
        edgecolor=plt.rcParams['text.color'],
    )
    for r, bar in zip(radii, bars):
        val = (r - radii.min()) / (radii.max() - radii.min())
        color = plt.get_cmap('macaw')(val)
        bar.set_facecolor(color)

    ax.tick_params(
        labelbottom=False,
        labeltop=False,
        labelleft=False,
        labelright=False,
    )
    ax.set_rmax(9.5)

    # the actual visible background - extends a bit beyond the axis
    ax.add_patch(
        Rectangle(
            (0, 0),
            arc,
            10.5,
            facecolor='white',
            zorder=0,
            clip_on=False,
            in_layout=False,
        )
    )
    return ax


def make_slogan():
    """Create a slogan of the prettypyplot logo."""
    pplt.figtext(
        1.15,
        1.05,
        'prettypyplot',
        va='top',
        ha='left',
        fontsize=8,
        weight='bold',
        fontname='Roboto',
    )

    _, clight, _, _ = pplt.categorical_color(4, 'pplt:gray')
    pplt.figtext(
        1.15,
        -0.05,
        'Publication ready\nmatplotlib figures\nmade simple',
        va='bottom',
        ha='left',
        fontsize=5,
        color=clight,
        fontname='Roboto',
    )


pplt.use_style(figsize=(0.35, 0.35), latex=False)
fig = plt.figure()
ax = create_icon_axes(fig)
make_slogan()
pplt.savefig('images/logo_large.svg')