"""
Marker size
===========

Demo the marker size control in matplotlib.
"""

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=i, markerfacecolor='w',
         markeredgewidth=.5, markeredgecolor='k')

plt.xlim(0, 11)
plt.xticks(())
plt.yticks(())

plt.show()