.. _lines_bars_and_markers-line_styles_reference: lines_bars_and_markers example code: line_styles_reference.py ============================================================= .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/lines_bars_and_markers/line_styles_reference.py :: """ Reference for line-styles included with Matplotlib. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt color = 'cornflowerblue' points = np.ones(5) # Draw 5 points for each line text_style = dict(horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='center', fontsize=12, fontdict={'family': 'monospace'}) def format_axes(ax): ax.margins(0.2) ax.set_axis_off() def nice_repr(text): return repr(text).lstrip('u') # Plot all line styles. f, ax = plt.subplots() linestyles = ['-', '--', '-.', ':'] for y, linestyle in enumerate(linestyles): ax.text(-0.5, y, nice_repr(linestyle), **text_style) ax.plot(y * points, linestyle=linestyle, color=color, linewidth=3) format_axes(ax) ax.set_title('line styles') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)