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 |