FigureFirst:

FigureFirst is a python library to decorate and parse SVG files so they can serve as layout documents for matplotlib figures.

• See our github page for readme and examples: http://flyranch.github.io/figurefirst/
• Read the docs: https://figurefirst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
• Read our Scipy 2017 proceedings: http://conference.scipy.org/proceedings/scipy2017/lindsay.html

If you use FigureFirst, please cite the above paper to help others find FigureFirst.

Use with Inkscape

FigureFirst is developed and tested with Inkscape. Some versions and settings of Inkscape are very slow. Try Inkscape 0.92: https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.92.3/

Installing Inkscape 0.92 on Ubuntu

You can install Inkscape 0.92 using ppa:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install inkscape

Optimizing Inkscape settings

Try increasing the Rendering Tile Multiplier:

• Edit > Preference > Rending
• Rendering Tile Multiplier = 50 Restart Inkscape