[Matplotlib-users] Marker size in pixels

Where Where wherewp at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 00:11:04 CEST 2015


Good question! I'm only saving my graphs to file (via an animation), and
not displaying them to the screen. I have the dpi I'm using in a variable.

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 5:03 PM, William Ray Wing <wrw at mac.com> wrote:

> How will you know in advance what conversion factor to use, that is, how
> will you know what your users are equipped with?  Display devices with 72
> pixels/in, 225 pixels/in, and 300 pixels/in would have very different
> conversion factors.
>
> Bill
>
>
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> On Aug 15, 2015, at 8:46 PM, Where Where <wherewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Apologies; I didn't include enough information. I see that matplotlib
> allows you to set the marker size in points. My quest is to convert pixels
> to points.
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Where Where <wherewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Salutations, community.
>>
>> I'd like to plot a circular marker with, say, a 10 pixel radius. Is it
>> possible to do this in matplotlib?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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