.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_options_plot_solid_capstyle.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_options_plot_solid_capstyle.py:


Solid cap style
================

An example demoing the solide cap style in matplotlib.




.. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/options/images/sphx_glr_plot_solid_capstyle_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    size = 256, 16
    dpi = 72.0
    figsize= size[0] / float(dpi), size[1] / float(dpi)
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=figsize, dpi=dpi)
    fig.patch.set_alpha(0)
    plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1], frameon=False)

    plt.plot(np.arange(4), np.ones(4), color="blue", linewidth=8,
            solid_capstyle='butt')

    plt.plot(5 + np.arange(4), np.ones(4), color="blue", linewidth=8,
            solid_capstyle='round')

    plt.plot(10 + np.arange(4), np.ones(4), color="blue", linewidth=8,
            solid_capstyle='projecting')

    plt.xlim(0, 14)
    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.013 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_options_plot_solid_capstyle.py:


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 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_solid_capstyle.py <plot_solid_capstyle.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_solid_capstyle.ipynb <plot_solid_capstyle.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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