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How to use color in scientific illustration?

Figure for Paper

single column 88 mm (3.5 inch)
double column 180mm (7.1 inch)
full depth 247mm (9.7 inch)
1.5 column 120-136mm (4.7-5.35 inch)
preferred format: .tiff (300-600 dpi) for raster image; .eps or .pdf for vector image
linewidth: 0.5 pt (0.25-1pt)
font: sans-serif, preferably Helvetic or Arial, 5–7 pt.
Height of the smallest capital letters and numerals >= 2 mm; the diameter of each data point >= 1 mm
form in the main text: Fig. 1, Fig. 2.

PPT

page size: 13.333 x 7.5 in (wide screen)
producing figures: 96 dpi (default in matplotlib)
font size on slide: 18, 20, 24, 28, 36 pt. (reference can be 14 pt)
Every slide should have a heading (a simple sentence)

# plot full size image
import matplotlib 
matplotlib.rc('xtick', labelsize=16) 
matplotlib.rc('ytick', labelsize=16) 

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(13.33,7.5), dpi=96)
plt.plot(x, y, linewidth=2)
plt.xlabel('X label (s)', fontsize=18)
plt.ylabel('Y label (V)', fontsize=18)

# two figures on a slide side by side
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5,3), dpi=96)

Nature Materials - Article

An Article is a substantial novel research study, with a complex story often involving several techniques or approaches.

Format

Main text – up to 3,000 words, excluding abstract, Methods, references and figure legends.

Abstract – up to 150 words, unreferenced.

Display items – up to 6 items (figures and/or tables).

Article should be divided as follows:

Introduction (without heading)
Results
Discussion
Online Methods.

Results and Methods should be divided by topical subheadings; the Discussion does not contain subheadings.

References – up to 50.

Articles include received/accepted dates.

Articles may be accompanied by supplementary information.

Articles are peer reviewed.

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