Fixed font configuration screwyness, and smith plotting size.

LPRDefaultPlotting.py

@@ -7,15 +7,45 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 import matplotlib
+import matplotlib.font_manager as FM
+import re
 from matplotlib import rcParams, pyplot as pp
 from cycler import cycler
 
+fcFontList = FM.get_fontconfig_fonts()
+# Search only for fonts that have name matches similar to this
+# note this is ALSO a priority list
+fontsDesired = ['Times', 'Helvetica', 'Arial']
+fontsDesiredRe = re.compile('|'.join(fontsDesired), flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+# Create a unique set of the fonts selected out of all of the system fonts
+fontsAvailable = frozenset([FM.FontProperties(fname=fcFont).get_name()\
+	for fcFont in fcFontList if fontsDesiredRe.search(fcFont) != None])
+
+fontSelected=None
+for fontSearch in fontsDesired:
+	for fontFound in fontsAvailable:
+		if re.search(fontSearch, fontFound, flags=re.IGNORECASE) != None:
+			fontSelected = fontFound
+			break
+	if fontSelected != None:
+		break
+if fontSelected == None:
+	print("WARN: None of the requested fonts found on this system.")
+else:
+	print("INFO: Using font '%s'" % (fontSelected))
+	newFontPriority = [fontSelected]
+	newFontPriority.extend(rcParams['font.serif'])
+	rcParams['font.serif'] = newFontPriority
+
 rcParams['grid.alpha'] = 0.5
 rcParams['grid.linestyle'] = ':'
 rcParams['font.family'] = ['serif']
-rcParams['font.size'] = 6.5
+rcParams['font.size'] = 7
-rcParams['mathtext.fontset'] = 'dejavuserif'
+#rcParams['figure.titlesize'] = "medium"
-rcParams['mathtext.fontset'] = 'dejavuserif'
+rcParams['axes.titlesize'] = 9
+rcParams['figure.titlesize'] = rcParams['axes.titlesize']
+#rcParams['mathtext.fontset'] = 'dejavuserif'
+#rcParams['mathtext.fontset'] = 'custom'
 rcParams['mathtext.it'] = 'serif:italic'
 rcParams['mathtext.bf'] = 'serif:bold'
 rcParams['mathtext.sf'] = 'serif'

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# What is this?
+This whole tool is a basic front end for using Python's `matplotlib` in a
+moderately interactive and robust manner to do MATLAB-like number crunching and
+(more critically) plot generation for papers.
+
+## MATLAB Soapbox Explanation
+While MATLAB has routines to save figures, the graphics back-end routinely runs
+into issues with NVIDIA GPU based systems, and I'm sick and tired of being tied
+to a tool that has a heavy resource footprint and only moderate documentation.
+The licensing restrictions (though not fundamentally debilitating) are a
+secondary reason I'm moving away from MATLAB. Finally, as I expect to graduate
+soon, the $50 (or $130 for my toolboxes) annual cost is going to rise to a
+debilitating point for things as mundane as personal projects. So I might as
+well kick an expensive habit while it's easy to fall back when needed.
+
+# Resources
+There are a few tricks to help configuring `matplotlib`. I'll update this
+document to describe the commands and tools to help decipher the information
+required to produce plots in a repeatable and tidy way.
+
+## 1. Plot Defaults
+Plot defaults are managed by the `matplotlib`
+
+## 2. Font Selection
+```python
+import `matplotlib`.font_manager
+print(matplotlib.font_manager.fontManager.afmlist)
+print(matplotlib.font_manager.fontManager.ttflist)
+```
+
+I search for fonts using the following method:
+```
+import matplotlib.font_manager as FM
+import re
+
+fcFontList = FM.get_fontconfig_fonts()
+# Search only for fonts that have name matches similar to this
+fontsDesired = ['Helvetica', 'Times', 'Arial']
+fontsDesiredRe = re.compile('|'.join(fontsDesired), flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+# Create a unique set of the fonts selected out of all of the system fonts
+fontsAvailable = set([FM.FontProperties(fname=fcFont).get_name()\
+	for fcFont in fcFontList if fontsDesiredRe.search(fcFont) != None])
+
+```
+
+[matplotlib docs](https://matplotlib.org/api/font_manager_api.html)
+
+## 3. 
+
+# TODO
+* make pySmithPlot a git sub-module
+* think of a smarter way to refactor things (this is an ever evolving goal)

tankPlot.py

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import sys
 sys.path.append("./pySmithPlot")
 import smithplot
 from smithplot import SmithAxes
+SmithAxes.update_scParams(axes_normalize=False,
+ 	grid_minor_fancy_threshold=50, axes_radius=0.5)
 
 plot_list = [args.n]
 
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ from tankComputers import *
 freq_pts = 501
 
 S=TankGlobals.ampSystem()
+Sgv=TankGlobals.ampSystem()
 B=TankGlobals.bufferSystem()
 
 S.q1_L = 15
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ if 1 in plot_list or 11 in plot_list:
 		[hT.show() for hT in h1]
 
 if 4 in plot_list or 14 in plot_list:
-	h4 = [pp.figure(figsize=(3.4,3.4)) for x in range(2)]
+	h4 = [pp.figure(figsize=(3.4,3)) for x in range(2)]
 	ax4 = []
 	ax4.append(h4[0].add_subplot(1,1,1, projection='smith'))
 	ax4.append(h4[1].add_subplot(1,1,1, projection='polar'))
@@ -230,6 +233,13 @@ if 4 in plot_list or 14 in plot_list:
 	ax4[0].set_title('Tank Impedance')
 	ax4[1].set_title('Transfer Function')
 
+	# Adjust placement of smith plot
+	old_pos = ax4[0].title.get_position()
+	ax4[0].title.set_position((old_pos[0], 1.06))
+	p = ax4[0].get_position()
+	p.set_points([[0, 0.07],[1, 0.86]])
+	ax4[0].set_position(p)
+
 	old_pos = ax4[1].title.get_position()
 	ax4[1].title.set_position((old_pos[0], 1.1))
 	h4[1].tight_layout()