Small tips on plotting figures in research paper through matplotlib

Small tips

• Use matplotlib.rcParams['pdf.fonttype'] = 42 to avoid the syntax checker of your conference complains about the font
• Add grids for 2d graphs
• Stick to the same toolchain (due to COVID-19, I have to switch the toolchain and spend tons of my time to align the new figures with original figures
• Read the submission guide carefully
• Set the figure size, tight the layout
• It might due to the xticks and yticks “prutudes” out if multiple figures are not aligned
• Try to add a “better” arrow while demonstrating the trade-off
• While hatching the bar plot, hatch='///' will be denser than hatch='/'