FigureFirst is a python library to decorate and parse SVG files so they can serve as layout documents for matplotlib figures.

See our github page for readme and examples: http://flyranch.github.io/figurefirst/

Read the docs: https://figurefirst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

Read our Scipy 2017 proceedings: http://conference.scipy.org/proceedings/scipy2017/lindsay.html

If you use FigureFirst, please cite the above paper to help others find FigureFirst.