shapes of datapoints pyplot code example

Example 1: matplotlib plot circle marker

plt.plot([1,2,3], marker=11)
plt.plot([1,2,3], marker=matplotlib.markers.CARETDOWNBASE)

Example 2: matplotlib scatter plot python

import numpy as np
np.random.seed(19680801)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for color in ['tab:blue', 'tab:orange', 'tab:green']:
    n = 750
    x, y = np.random.rand(2, n)
    scale = 200.0 * np.random.rand(n)
    ax.scatter(x, y, c=color, s=scale, label=color,
               alpha=0.3, edgecolors='none')

ax.legend()
ax.grid(True)

plt.show()