• Provide images in RGB color and at 300 dpi or higher resolution.
  • Use the same typeface (Arial or Helvetica) for all figures. Use symbol font for Greek letters.
  • Use distinct colors with comparable visibility and avoid the use of red and green for contrast. Recoloring primary data, such as fluorescence images, to color-safe combinations such as green and magenta or other accessible color palettes is strongly encouraged. Use of the rainbow color scale should be avoided.
  • Figures are best prepared at the size you would expect them to appear in print. At this size, the optimum font size is 7pt.
  • We prefer vector files with editable layers. Acceptable formats are: .ai, .eps, .pdf, .ps, .svg for fully editable vector-based art; layered .psd or .tif for editable layered art; .psd, .tif, .png or .jpg for bitmap images; .ppt if fully editable and without styling effects; ChemDraw (.cdx) for chemical structures.
  • Please refer to the Nature Chemical Biology style guide for formatting of chemical structures.