Removed need for matplotlibs 538 style.

I got the original code from the author, Cameron Davidson-Pilon,
modified it for the minor changes I make for the book, and put it
in 538.json. The main gain is that somebody doesn't need bleeding
edge matplotlib installed to get the 538 look.

code/538.json

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "lines.linewidth": 2.0,
+  "examples.download": true,
+  "patch.linewidth": 0.5,
+  "legend.fancybox": true,
+  "axes.color_cycle": [
+    "#30a2da",
+    "#fc4f30",
+    "#e5ae38",
+    "#6d904f",
+    "#8b8b8b"
+  ],
+  "axes.facecolor": "#f0f0f0",
+  "axes.labelsize": "large",
+  "axes.axisbelow": true,
+  "axes.grid": true,
+  "patch.edgecolor": "#f0f0f0",
+  "axes.titlesize": "x-large",
+  "svg.embed_char_paths": "path",
+  "examples.directory": "",
+  "figure.facecolor": "#f0f0f0",
+  "grid.linestyle": "-",
+  "grid.linewidth": 1.0,
+  "grid.color": "#cbcbcb",
+  "axes.edgecolor":"#f0f0f0",
+  "xtick.major.size": 0,
+  "xtick.minor.size": 0,
+  "ytick.major.size": 0,
+  "ytick.minor.size": 0,
+  "axes.linewidth": 3.0,
+  "font.size":14.0,
+  "lines.linewidth": 2,
+  "lines.solid_capstyle": "butt",
+  "savefig.edgecolor": "#f0f0f0",
+  "savefig.facecolor": "#f0f0f0",
+  "figure.subplot.left"    : 0.08,
+  "figure.subplot.right"   : 0.95, 
+  "figure.subplot.bottom"  : 0.07,
+  "figure.subplot.hspace"  : 0.5
+}

code/book_format.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from IPython.core.display import HTML
 import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
+import json
 
 def test_filterpy_version():
     import filterpy
@@ -38,43 +38,7 @@ def equal_axis():
 def reset_axis():
     pylab.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = 12, 6
 
-try:
-    plt.style.use('fivethirtyeight')
-    reset_axis ()
-    pylab.rcParams['lines.linewidth'] = 2
-    pylab.rcParams['figure.subplot.hspace'] = 0.5
-
-except:
-    pylab.rcParams['lines.linewidth'] = 2
-    pylab.rcParams['lines.antialiased'] = True
-    pylab.rcParams['patch.linewidth'] = 0.5
-    pylab.rcParams['patch.facecolor'] = '348ABD' #blue
-    pylab.rcParams['patch.edgecolor'] = 'eeeeee'
-    pylab.rcParams['patch.antialiased'] = True
-    pylab.rcParams['font.family'] = 'monospace'
-    pylab.rcParams['font.size'] = 12.0
-    #pylab.rcParams['font.monospace'] = 'Andale Mono, Nimbus Mono L, Courier New, Courier, Fixed, Terminal, monospace'
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.facecolor'] = 'E5E5E5'
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.edgecolor'] = 'bcbcbc'
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.linewidth'] = 1
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.grid'] = True
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.titlesize'] = 'x-large'
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.labelsize'] = 'large'
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.labelcolor'] = '555555'
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.axisbelow'] = True
-    pylab.rcParams['axes.color_cycle'] = '004080, 8EBA42, E24A33, 348ABD, 777760, 988ED5, FDC15E'
-    pylab.rcParams['xtick.major.pad'] = 6
-    pylab.rcParams['xtick.minor.size'] = 0
-    pylab.rcParams['xtick.minor.pad'] = 6
-    pylab.rcParams['xtick.color'] = '555555'
-    pylab.rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'in'
-    pylab.rcParams['legend.fancybox'] = True
-    pylab.rcParams['figure.facecolor'] = '1.0'
-    pylab.rcParams['figure.edgecolor'] = '0.50'
-    pylab.rcParams['figure.subplot.hspace'] = 0.5
-    pylab.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = 12,6
-    pylab.rcParams['grid.color'] = 'ffffff'
-    pylab.rcParams['grid.linestyle'] = 'solid'
-    pylab.rcParams['grid.linewidth'] = 1.5
-
 
+s = json.load( open("../code/538.json") )
+plt.rcParams.update(s)
+reset_axis ()