old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  """
  Utilities for generating nicer plots.
  """
  
  from __future__ import division
  
  __author__ = "Shyue Ping Ong"
  __copyright__ = "Copyright 2012, The Materials Project"
  __version__ = "0.1"
  __maintainer__ = "Shyue Ping Ong"
  __email__ = "shyuep@gmail.com"
  __date__ = "Mar 13, 2012"
  
  import math
  
  
  def get_publication_quality_plot(width=8, height=None, plt=None):
      """
      Provides a publication quality plot, with nice defaults for font sizes etc.
  
      Args:
          width:
              Width of plot in inches. Defaults to 8in.
          height.
              Height of plot in inches. Defaults to width * golden ratio.
          plt:
              If plt is supplied, changes will be made to an existing plot.
              Otherwise, a new plot will be created.
  
      Returns:
          Matplotlib plot object with properly sized fonts.
      """
      golden_ratio = (math.sqrt(5) - 1.0) / 2.0
      if not height:
          height = int(width * golden_ratio)
      axes = plt.gca()
      axes.set_title(axes.get_title(), size=width * 4)
      labelsize = int(width * 3)
      ticksize = int(width * 2.5)
      axes.set_xlabel(axes.get_xlabel(), size=labelsize)
      axes.set_ylabel(axes.get_ylabel(), size=labelsize)
  
      if plt is None:
          import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
          plt.figure(figsize=(width, height), facecolor="w")
      else:
          fig = plt.gcf()
          fig.set_size_inches(width, height)
      plt.xticks(fontsize=ticksize)
      plt.yticks(fontsize=ticksize)
      return plt
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  """
  Utilities for generating nicer plots.
  """
  
  from __future__ import division
  
  __author__ = "Shyue Ping Ong"
  __copyright__ = "Copyright 2012, The Materials Project"
  __version__ = "0.1"
  __maintainer__ = "Shyue Ping Ong"
  __email__ = "shyuep@gmail.com"
  __date__ = "Mar 13, 2012"
  
  import math
  
  
  def get_publication_quality_plot(width=8, height=None, plt=None):
      """
      Provides a publication quality plot, with nice defaults for font sizes etc.
  
      Args:
          width:
              Width of plot in inches. Defaults to 8in.
          height.
              Height of plot in inches. Defaults to width * golden ratio.
          plt:
              If plt is supplied, changes will be made to an existing plot.
              Otherwise, a new plot will be created.
  
      Returns:
          Matplotlib plot object with properly sized fonts.
      """
      ticksize = int(width * 2.5)
  
      golden_ratio = (math.sqrt(5) - 1.0) / 2.0
  
      if not height:
          height = int(width * golden_ratio)
  
      if plt is None:
          import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
          plt.figure(figsize=(width, height), facecolor="w")
      else:
          fig = plt.gcf()
          fig.set_size_inches(width, height)
      plt.xticks(fontsize=ticksize)
      plt.yticks(fontsize=ticksize)
  
      axes = plt.gca()
      axes.set_title(axes.get_title(), size=width * 4)
  
      labelsize = int(width * 3)
  
      axes.set_xlabel(axes.get_xlabel(), size=labelsize)
      axes.set_ylabel(axes.get_ylabel(), size=labelsize)
  
      return plt
  
subject: Fix broken plot_util (Previously called plt.gca() before generating a plot)