Re: [Matplotlib-users] dashes and dpi?

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

Mark Bakker wrote:
> Alan -
> 
> You started a discussion about dpi on the figures.
> Yet here you claim that 1pt = 1/72 inch.
> Is that always the case?

Barring any bugs, yes.

> And why? How does mpl figure that out, if there are also different dpi 
> settings?

The conversion from points to pixels is simply "dpi * points / 72.0".

Cheers,
Mike

> The plot thickens...
> 
> Mark
>  
> 
>     Alan Isaac wrote: 
> 
> 
>     Note: 1pt = 1/72 inch
> 
>     hth,
>     Alan Isaac
> 
> 
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