diff --git a/fooof/core/reports.py b/fooof/core/reports.py
index 40bc8aa3a..0c75c3a28 100644
--- a/fooof/core/reports.py
+++ b/fooof/core/reports.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def save_report_fg(fg, file_name, file_path=None, add_settings=True):
 
     # Initialize figure
     _ = plt.figure(figsize=REPORT_FIGSIZE)
-    grid = gridspec.GridSpec(n_rows, 2, wspace=0.4, hspace=0.25, height_ratios=height_ratios)
+    grid = gridspec.GridSpec(n_rows, 2, wspace=0.35, hspace=0.25, height_ratios=height_ratios)
 
     # First / top: text results
     ax0 = plt.subplot(grid[0, :])
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ def save_report_fg(fg, file_name, file_path=None, add_settings=True):
 
     # Aperiodic parameters plot
     ax1 = plt.subplot(grid[1, 0])
-    plot_fg_ap(fg, ax1)
+    plot_fg_ap(fg, ax1, custom_styler=None)
 
     # Goodness of fit plot
     ax2 = plt.subplot(grid[1, 1])
-    plot_fg_gf(fg, ax2)
+    plot_fg_gf(fg, ax2, custom_styler=None)
 
     # Peak center frequencies plot
     ax3 = plt.subplot(grid[2, :])
-    plot_fg_peak_cens(fg, ax3)
+    plot_fg_peak_cens(fg, ax3, custom_styler=None)
 
     # Third - Model settings
     if add_settings:
diff --git a/fooof/plts/fg.py b/fooof/plts/fg.py
index edd950e18..310d95d1c 100644
--- a/fooof/plts/fg.py
+++ b/fooof/plts/fg.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def plot_fg(fg, save_fig=False, file_name=None, file_path=None, **plot_kwargs):
         raise NoModelError("No model fit results are available, can not proceed.")
 
     fig = plt.figure(figsize=plot_kwargs.pop('figsize', PLT_FIGSIZES['group']))
-    gs = gridspec.GridSpec(2, 2, wspace=0.4, hspace=0.25, height_ratios=[1, 1.2])
+    gs = gridspec.GridSpec(2, 2, wspace=0.35, hspace=0.35, height_ratios=[1, 1.2])
 
     # Apply scatter kwargs to all subplots
     scatter_kwargs = plot_kwargs
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ def plot_fg(fg, save_fig=False, file_name=None, file_path=None, **plot_kwargs):
 
     # Aperiodic parameters plot
     ax0 = plt.subplot(gs[0, 0])
-    plot_fg_ap(fg, ax0, **scatter_kwargs)
+    plot_fg_ap(fg, ax0, **scatter_kwargs, custom_styler=None)
 
     # Goodness of fit plot
     ax1 = plt.subplot(gs[0, 1])
-    plot_fg_gf(fg, ax1, **scatter_kwargs)
+    plot_fg_gf(fg, ax1, **scatter_kwargs, custom_styler=None)
 
     # Center frequencies plot
     ax2 = plt.subplot(gs[1, :])
-    plot_fg_peak_cens(fg, ax2, **plot_kwargs)
+    plot_fg_peak_cens(fg, ax2, **plot_kwargs, custom_styler=None)
 
 
 @savefig
diff --git a/fooof/plts/settings.py b/fooof/plts/settings.py
index 4b7f1050e..c6d82c138 100644
--- a/fooof/plts/settings.py
+++ b/fooof/plts/settings.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 ###################################################################################################
 
 # Define default figure sizes
-PLT_FIGSIZES = {'spectral' : (10, 8),
+PLT_FIGSIZES = {'spectral' : (8.5, 6.5),
                 'params' : (7, 6),
-                'group' : (12, 10)}
+                'group' : (9, 7)}
 
 # Define defaults for colors for plots, based on what is plotted
 PLT_COLORS = {'data' : 'black',
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
 ## Define default values for plot aesthetics
 # These are all custom style arguments
-TITLE_FONTSIZE = 20
-LABEL_SIZE = 16
-TICK_LABELSIZE = 16
+TITLE_FONTSIZE = 18
+LABEL_SIZE = 14
+TICK_LABELSIZE = 12
 LEGEND_SIZE = 12
 LEGEND_LOC = 'best'
diff --git a/fooof/plts/style.py b/fooof/plts/style.py
index dc72a1142..7f9566ffb 100644
--- a/fooof/plts/style.py
+++ b/fooof/plts/style.py
@@ -169,7 +169,14 @@ def apply_custom_style(ax, **kwargs):
         ax.legend(prop={'size': kwargs.pop('legend_size', LEGEND_SIZE)},
                   loc=kwargs.pop('legend_loc', LEGEND_LOC))
 
-    plt.tight_layout()
+    # Apply tight layout to the figure object, if matplotlib is new enough
+    #   If available, `.set_layout_engine` should be equivalent to
+    #   `plt.tight_layout()`, but seems to raise fewer warnings...
+    try:
+        fig = plt.gcf()
+        fig.set_layout_engine('tight')
+    except:
+        plt.tight_layout()
 
 
 def apply_style(ax, axis_styler=apply_axis_style, line_styler=apply_line_style,
@@ -192,10 +199,10 @@ def apply_style(ax, axis_styler=apply_axis_style, line_styler=apply_line_style,
     Each of these sub-functions can be replaced by passing in replacement callables.
     """
 
-    axis_styler(ax, **kwargs)
-    line_styler(ax, **kwargs)
-    collection_styler(ax, **kwargs)
-    custom_styler(ax, **kwargs)
+    axis_styler(ax, **kwargs) if axis_styler is not None else None
+    line_styler(ax, **kwargs) if line_styler is not None else None
+    collection_styler(ax, **kwargs) if collection_styler is not None else None
+    custom_styler(ax, **kwargs) if custom_styler is not None else None
 
 
 def style_plot(func, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/fooof/plts/templates.py b/fooof/plts/templates.py
index 9b1e341b6..b637e5958 100644
--- a/fooof/plts/templates.py
+++ b/fooof/plts/templates.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 from fooof.core.modutils import safe_import, check_dependency
 from fooof.plts.utils import check_ax, set_alpha
+from fooof.plts.settings import TITLE_FONTSIZE, LABEL_SIZE, TICK_LABELSIZE
 
 plt = safe_import('.pyplot', 'matplotlib')
 
@@ -46,14 +47,14 @@ def plot_scatter_1(data, label=None, title=None, x_val=0, ax=None):
     ax.scatter(x_data, data, s=36, alpha=set_alpha(len(data)))
 
     if label:
-        ax.set_ylabel(label, fontsize=16)
+        ax.set_ylabel(label, fontsize=LABEL_SIZE)
         ax.set(xticks=[x_val], xticklabels=[label])
 
     if title:
-        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=20)
+        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=TITLE_FONTSIZE)
 
-    ax.tick_params(axis='x', labelsize=16)
-    ax.tick_params(axis='y', labelsize=12)
+    ax.tick_params(axis='x', labelsize=TICK_LABELSIZE)
+    ax.tick_params(axis='y', labelsize=TICK_LABELSIZE)
 
     ax.set_xlim([-0.5, 0.5])
 
@@ -89,12 +90,12 @@ def plot_scatter_2(data_0, label_0, data_1, label_1, title=None, ax=None):
     plot_scatter_1(data_1, label_1, x_val=1, ax=ax1)
 
     if title:
-        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=20)
+        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=TITLE_FONTSIZE)
 
     ax.set(xlim=[-0.5, 1.5],
            xticks=[0, 1],
            xticklabels=[label_0, label_1])
-    ax.tick_params(axis='x', labelsize=16)
+    ax.tick_params(axis='x', labelsize=TICK_LABELSIZE)
 
 
 @check_dependency(plt, 'matplotlib')
@@ -121,13 +122,13 @@ def plot_hist(data, label, title=None, n_bins=25, x_lims=None, ax=None):
 
     ax.hist(data[~np.isnan(data)], n_bins, range=x_lims, alpha=0.8)
 
-    ax.set_xlabel(label, fontsize=16)
-    ax.set_ylabel('Count', fontsize=16)
+    ax.set_xlabel(label, fontsize=LABEL_SIZE)
+    ax.set_ylabel('Count', fontsize=LABEL_SIZE)
 
     if x_lims:
         ax.set_xlim(x_lims)
 
     if title:
-        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=20)
+        ax.set_title(title, fontsize=TITLE_FONTSIZE)
 
-    ax.tick_params(axis='both', labelsize=12)
+    ax.tick_params(axis='both', labelsize=TICK_LABELSIZE)