How do you control the font size of a figure that is used in an academic publication?

WuSiren
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 03:33:09 +0000
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Hi, everyone! I wonder how do you control the font size of a figure that is used in an academic publication, for example, if we plot the figure with Makie and write a paper with LaTex?

Usually, we can tune in Julia both the size of a figure and the font size in it, and in LaTex we can also tune the size of the inserted figure using e.g., \includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth]{figure.pdf}. So there seems to be so much freedom here that it’s hard to control the exact size of the final font, so I have to draw and render repeatedly to achieve an imprecise subjective trade-off, rather than having a uniform font size for all figures in one paper. I guess that’s hardly the right way to do this. So I would like to consult the experienced seniors here, is there a better standardized practice?

Thanks!

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