Use a consistent figure size for style sheet reference

dstansby · dstansby · commit f80f61ee9522 · 2021-11-28T15:41:29.000Z
diff --git a/examples/style_sheets/style_sheets_reference.py b/examples/style_sheets/style_sheets_reference.py
@@ -104,14 +104,8 @@ def plot_figure(style_label=""):
     # across the different figures.
     prng = np.random.RandomState(96917002)
 
-    # Tweak the figure size to be better suited for a row of numerous plots:
-    # double the width and halve the height. NB: use relative changes because
-    # some styles may have a figure size different from the default one.
-    (fig_width, fig_height) = plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']
-    fig_size = [fig_width * 2, fig_height / 2]
-
-    fig, axs = plt.subplots(ncols=6, nrows=1, num=style_label,
-                            figsize=fig_size, squeeze=True)
+    fig, axs = plt.subplots(ncols=6, nrows=1, num=style_label, squeeze=True,
+                            figsize=(12, 3))
     axs[0].set_ylabel(style_label)
 
     plot_scatter(axs[0], prng)
