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tightPlots

Version 1.8.0.0 (5.99 KB) by Theo Michelis
Plots and subplots with adjustable margins, gaps, axis aspect ratio and figure size.
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Updated 6 Mar 2015

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tightPlots is a function that allows making single plots or subplots with controlled size and margins. The desired (page) width, aspect ratio and margins must be input, with which the appropriate height is calculated.

This workflow allows for all figures to maintain font formatting when they are inserted into a document/publication. Adjust the width to match the document page width and fix the font size. Narrow plots can then be created by Setting wide side margins.
The function additionally creates a bounding box equal to the figure size on the screen. As a result, what is seen on the monitor can be printed in both raster (.png) and vector (.eps, .pdf) formats with the same result.

tightPlots has been influenced by the "tight_subplot" function of Pekka Kumpulainen, hence, parts of the code and parameter names were kept the same.

Cite As

Theo Michelis (2023). tightPlots (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/45380-tightplots), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2014b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Version Published Release Notes
1.8.0.0

Changes for compatibility with MATLAB 2014b versions and above.
1.7.0.0

Title fix
1.6.0.0

1) Description extension
2) Example updates
3) Bug fixes
1.5.0.0

Tested with Matlab versions 2012a, 2012b, 2013a, 2013b and 2014a
1.4.0.0

Change of additional axis settings.
1.3.0.0

Worked around a cropped bounding box issue when exporting to post script by introducing an additional axis.
1.2.0.0

Resizing of figure with mouse is no longer allowed. Small change in example 1, for better demonstration.
1.0.0.0