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Minor improvements to PL plot style #4690

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black labels
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dpi to 300
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added font-related instructions to docs
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explanation for style image gen
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Update doc/code/qml_drawer.rst
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion doc/code/qml_drawer.rst
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ be reset with ``qml.drawer.use_style('black_white')``.
available_styles
use_style

The following images are generated via the code:
The following images are generated via the following code, where ``style`` is
replaced by an available style specification string (e.g., ``pennylane`` or
``solarized_light``):
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.. code-block:: python

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qml.drawer.use_style(style)
fig, ax = qml.draw_mpl(circuit)(1.2345, 1.2345)

Note that the shown ``pennylane`` style can be replicated exactly by having the
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Quicksand Bold font installed and refreshing the Matplotlib font cache (by
deleting the ``fontlist`` file in the Matplotlib cache directory) — to find the
cache directory, run ``matplotlib.get_cachedir()``. If this font is not
available, the drawer will fall back on a default font.
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Currently Available Styles
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. |bws| image:: ../_static/style/black_white_style.png
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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
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of the computed qubit operator, if imaginary components are smaller than a threshold.
[(#4639)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/4639)

* Plots generated with the `pennylane.drawer.plot` style of `matplotlib.pyplot` now have black
axis labels and are generated at a default DPI of 300.
[(#4690)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/4690)


<h3>Breaking changes 💔</h3>

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Note that these functions are unstable while device upgrades are underway.
[(#4555)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/4555)

* Minor documentation improvement to the usage example in the `qml.QuantumMonteCarlo` page. Integral was missing the differential dx with respect to which the integration is being performed. [(#4593)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/4593)
* Minor documentation improvement to the usage example in the `qml.QuantumMonteCarlo` page.
Integral was missing the differential dx with respect to which the integration is being performed.
[(#4593)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/4593)

* Minor documentation improvement for the use of the `pennylane` style of `qml.drawer` and the
`pennylane.drawer.plot` style of `matplotlib.pyplot`. The use of the default font was clarified.
[(#4690)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/4690)

<h3>Bug fixes 🐛</h3>

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -402,7 +412,8 @@ Stepan Fomichev,
Joana Fraxanet,
Diego Guala,
Soran Jahangiri,
Korbinian Kottmann
Korbinian Kottmann,
Ivana Kurecic,
Christina Lee,
Lillian M. A. Frederiksen,
Vincent Michaud-Rioux,
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions pennylane/drawer/plot.mplstyle
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# PennyLane plot palette
# To use the Quicksand Bold font, first install it and then refresh the Matplotlib font cache (delete the fontlist file in the cache directory). To find the cache directory location, run matplotlib.get_cachedir()
axes.prop_cycle: cycler('color', ['70CEFF', 'FF87EB', 'FFE096', 'D7A2F6', 'FDC9DE', 'E1EBA8', 'C6FDD9', 'B5F2ED'])

patch.linewidth: 0.5
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axes.linewidth: 1
axes.grid: True
axes.titlesize: x-large
axes.labelcolor: BCBABA
axes.labelcolor: black

xtick.color: black
xtick.direction: out
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grid.linestyle: :

font.sans-serif: Quicksand, DejaVu Sans, Bitstream Vera Sans, Computer Modern Sans Serif, Lucida Grande, Verdana, Geneva, Lucid, Arial, Helvetica, Avant Garde, sans-serif
font.weight: bold
font.weight: bold

figure.dpi: 300
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