Change size of plotmarkers inside listplot

Question

I have a listplot whose plotmarkers I want to change the size of, to no avail.

Using what I see in the related post: Specifying the size of open circle PlotMarkers in ListPlot

I get

 ListPlot[{{1, 2, 3, 5, 8}, {2, 3, 6, 9, 10}, {4, 5, 7, 10, 12}}, 
  PlotMarkers -> {Graphics[{Red, Thick, Text["\[EmptySquare]"]}, 
     ImageSize -> 10], 
    Graphics[{Red, Thick, Text["\[Beta]"]}, ImageSize -> 10], 
    Graphics[{Red, Thick, Text["\[Alpha]"]}, ImageSize -> 10]}]

I cannot get that text to appear larger, whether I put it as a Style option inside the Text function or outside the Graphics. Any ideas? This seems too convoluted too, there has to be a smarter way of specifying what I want each plotmarker to be and what size I want for each plotmarker. That ImageSize option at the end of graphics doesn't do anything either. Any ideas much appreciated.

Text does not scale with ImageSize. That's the core of your issue. If you wanted to you could get the word as a Graphics object. Then it would scale with ImageSize. — b3m2a1, Mar 17 '17 at 05:09

Nasser · Answer 1 · 2017-03-17T03:06:07.207

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I cannot get that text to appear larger

This seems to work, no need for ImageSize nor Graphics actually, since your are using text for markers.

p[t_String] := Style[Text[t], {Red, Thick, 16}];

ListPlot[{{1,2,3,5,8},{2,3,6,9,10},{4,5,7,10,12}},
       PlotMarkers->{p["\[EmptySquare]"],p["\[Beta]"],p["\[Alpha]"]}]

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edited Mar 17 '17 at 03:06

answered Mar 17 '17 at 02:52

Nasser

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '17 at 08:37

Also:

markers = First[First[ImportString[ExportString[
    Style[#, Italic, FontSize -> 20, FontFamily -> "Times"], "PDF"], 
    "PDF", "TextMode" -> "Outlines"]]] & /@ {"□", "β", "α"};

ListPlot[{{1, 2, 3, 5, 8}, {2, 3, 6, 9, 10}, {4, 5, 7, 10, 12}}, 
 Joined -> True, PlotMarkers -> (Graphics[{Red, #}, ImageSize -> 10] & /@ markers)]

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ListPlot[{{1, 2, 3, 5, 8}, {2, 3, 6, 9, 10}, {4, 5, 7, 10, 12}}, 
 Joined -> True, PlotMarkers -> (Graphics[{Red, #}, ImageSize -> 15] & /@ markers)]

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Change size of plotmarkers inside listplot

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