http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/pyplot_api.html?highlight=legend#matplotlib.pyplot.legend
numpoints=1 is what you want. For font size and etc, check the similar question posted a few days ago. http://www.nabble.com/formatting-help-with-legend-for-stacked-bar-graph-with-many-categories-td24526118.html#a24537195 -JJ On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:12 PM, per freem<perfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > > i am plotting two distinct lines, one of the format '-o' the other of the > format '-s' -- i.e. one line with circular markers the other with a square > marker. when i add a legend to the figure, it gives a legend that looks like > this: > > o---o label of circular marker line > s---s label of square marker line > > however, in these types of plots, it's standard for the line in the legend > to only have *one* marker. meaning the legend should look like this: > > --o-- label of circular marker line > --s-- label of square marker line > > is there a way to get this modified legend appearance? > > second question: how can i make the legend altogether smaller? or at least > make the label text font smaller? > > thanks. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
