dict_base = {'font.size':        16,
             'legend.fontsize':  16,
             'xtick.labelsize':  16,
             'ytick.labelsize':  16,
             'axes.labelsize':   16,
             'axes.titlesize':   16,
             'figure.titlesize': 16,    
             'figure.figsize':[8.0, 6.0],
             'figure.subplot.right':0.97,
             'figure.subplot.left':0.15, # Ensure enough space on the left so that all plot can be aligned
             'font.family':'serif',
             'figure.facecolor': 'white',
             'legend.frameon': True}

plt.rcParams.update(dict_base)
