Python source code: plot_linestyles.py
import numpy as np
def linestyle(ls, i):
X = i * .5 * np.ones(11)
Y = np.arange(11)
pl.plot(X, Y, ls, color=(.0, .0, 1, 1), lw=3, ms=8,
mfc=(.75, .75, 1, 1), mec=(0, 0, 1, 1))
pl.text(.5 * i, 10.25, ls, rotation=90, fontsize=15, va='bottom')
linestyles = ['-', '--', ':', '-.', '.', ',', 'o', '^', 'v', '<', '>', 's',
'+', 'x', 'd', '1', '2', '3', '4', 'h', 'p', '|', '_', 'D', 'H']
n_lines = len(linestyles)
size = 20 * n_lines, 300
dpi = 72.0
figsize= size[0] / float(dpi), size[1] / float(dpi)
fig = pl.figure(figsize=figsize, dpi=dpi)
fig.patch.set_alpha(0)
pl.axes([0, 0.01, 1, .9], frameon=False)
for i, ls in enumerate(linestyles):
linestyle(ls, i)
pl.xlim(-.2, .2 + .5*n_lines)
pl.xticks(())
pl.yticks(())
pl.show()