""" ===================== Hatch style reference ===================== Hatches can be added to most polygons in Matplotlib, including `~.Axes.bar`, `~.Axes.fill_between`, `~.Axes.contourf`, and children of `~.patches.Polygon`. They are currently supported in the PS, PDF, SVG, macosx, and Agg backends. The WX and Cairo backends do not currently support hatching. See also :doc:`/gallery/images_contours_and_fields/contourf_hatching` for an example using `~.Axes.contourf`, and :doc:`/gallery/shapes_and_collections/hatch_demo` for more usage examples. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 5, layout='constrained', figsize=(6.4, 3.2)) hatches = ['/', '\\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'] def hatches_plot(ax, h): ax.add_patch(Rectangle((0, 0), 2, 2, fill=False, hatch=h)) ax.text(1, -0.5, f"' {h} '", size=15, ha="center") ax.axis('equal') ax.axis('off') for ax, h in zip(axs.flat, hatches): hatches_plot(ax, h) # %% # Hatching patterns can be repeated to increase the density. fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 5, layout='constrained', figsize=(6.4, 3.2)) hatches = ['//', '\\\\', '||', '--', '++', 'xx', 'oo', 'OO', '..', '**'] for ax, h in zip(axs.flat, hatches): hatches_plot(ax, h) # %% # Hatching patterns can be combined to create additional patterns. fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 5, layout='constrained', figsize=(6.4, 3.2)) hatches = ['/o', '\\|', '|*', '-\\', '+o', 'x*', 'o-', 'O|', 'O.', '*-'] for ax, h in zip(axs.flat, hatches): hatches_plot(ax, h) # %% # # .. admonition:: References # # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown # in this example: # # - `matplotlib.patches` # - `matplotlib.patches.Rectangle` # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch` # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.text`