Configuration for the visual style of my educational plots in Python

matplotlib-config.py

from cycler import cycler
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

okabe_ito = [
    '#000000', '#E69F00', '#56B4E9', '#009E73',
    '#F0E442', '#0072B2', '#D55E00', '#CC79A7',
]

custom_settings: dict = {
    'axes.prop_cycle': cycler(color=okabe_ito),
    'figure.facecolor': '#ffffff',
    'axes.facecolor': '#ffffff',
    'axes.edgecolor': '0.3',
    'axes.linewidth': 1,
    'axes.grid': False,
    'grid.color': '0.7',
    'grid.linestyle': ':',
    'grid.alpha': 0.6,
    'figure.dpi': 150,
    'savefig.dpi': 300,
}
text_settings: dict = {
    'text.usetex': True,
    'font.family': 'serif',
    'font.serif': ['Computer Modern Roman'],
    'axes.unicode_minus': False,
}
for t in ('xtick', 'ytick'):
    custom_settings[f'{t}.direction'] = 'in'
    custom_settings[f'{t}.bottom' if t == 'xtick' else f'{t}.left'] = True
    custom_settings[f'{t}.top' if t == 'xtick' else f'{t}.right'] = True
    custom_settings[f'{t}.color'] = '0.3'
    for m in ('major', 'minor'):
        custom_settings[f'{t}.{m}.width'] = 1
        custom_settings[f'{t}.{m}.size'] = 6 if m == 'major' else 3
plt.rcParams.update(custom_settings)
plt.rcParams.update(text_settings)