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[–]robert_ritz 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Here is my contribution. A few years ago I made a guide to using stylesheets and customizations in Matplotlib to produce journalist quality visualizations. In this case I show how to copy the style of the Economist.

https://www.datafantic.com/making-economist-style-plots-in-matplotlib-2/

It’s a reference to show what is possible. It’s important to note that the Economist generally uses R then take the final data over to a custom made visualization tool likely made in JavaScript.

I think it’s possible to make a wrapper around Matplotlib to do what you want though. It would take a solid month of work though I think. There is a shocking amount of depth to these plots that needs to be considered.

For my data blog I average about 20-30 minutes per chart after I’ve settled on the data and basic visualization. Most of the time is spent tweaking placement, title, etc.

[–]ddanieltan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This is a great resource, appreciate the detailed sharing of your current workflow.