Matplotlib tutorial(4)

Quick references

Here is a set of tables that show main properties and styles.

Line properties

Property	Description	Appearance
alpha (or a)	alpha transparency on 0-1 scale
antialiased	True or False - use antialised rendering
color (or c)	matplotlib color arg
linestyle (or ls)	see Line properties
linewidth (or lw)	float, the line width in points
solid_capstyle	Cap style for solid lines
solid_joinstyle	Join style for solid lines
dash_capstyle	Cap style for dashes
dash_joinstyle	Join style for dashes
marker	see Markers
markeredgewidth (mew)	line width around the marker symbol
markeredgecolor (mec)	edge color if a marker is used
markerfacecolor (mfc)	face color if a marker is used
markersize (ms)	size of the marker in points

line styles

Symbol	Description	Appearance
-	solid line
--	dashed line
-.	dash-dot line
:	dotted line
.	points
,	pixels
o	circle
^	triangle up
v	triangle down
<	triangle left
>	triangle right
s	square
+	plus
x	cross
D	diamond
d	thin diamond
1	tripod down
2	tripod up
3	tripod left
4	tripod right
h	hexagon
H	rotated hexagon
p	pentagon
|	vertical line
_	horizontal line

Markers

Symbol	Description	Appearance
0	tick left
1	tick right
2	tick up
3	tick down
4	caret left
5	caret right
6	caret up
7	caret down
o	circle
D	diamond
h	hexagon 1
H	hexagon 2
_	horizontal line
1	tripod down
2	tripod up
3	tripod left
4	tripod right
8	octagon
p	pentagon
^	triangle up
v	triangle down
<	triangle left
>	triangle right
d	thin diamond
,	pixel
+	plus
.	point
s	square
*	star
|	vertical line
x	cross
r'$\sqrt{2}$'	any latex expression