""" Marker edge width ================= Demo the marker edge widths of matplotlib's markers. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt size = 256, 16 dpi = 72.0 figsize= size[0] / float(dpi), size[1] / float(dpi) fig = plt.figure(figsize=figsize, dpi=dpi) fig.patch.set_alpha(0) plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1], frameon=False) for i in range(1,11): plt.plot([i, ], [1, ], 's', markersize=5, markeredgewidth=1 + i/10., markeredgecolor='k', markerfacecolor='w') plt.xlim(0, 11) plt.xticks(()) plt.yticks(()) plt.show()