is a graphics directive which specifies that lines which follow are to be drawn with absolute thickness d.


AbsoluteThickness
is a graphics directive which specifies that lines which follow are to be drawn with absolute thickness d.
Details

- The absolute thickness is measured in units of printer's points, equal before magnification to
of an inch.
- AbsoluteThickness can be used in both two- and three-dimensional graphics, as well as in Style specifications.
- The following symbolic forms for d can be used: Tiny, Small, Medium, and Large.
- The initial default is AbsoluteThickness[0.5].
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Properties & Relations (2)
AbsoluteThickness defines the thickness of lines in units of printer's points:
AbsoluteThickness is independent of the image size:
Thickness defines the thickness as a fraction of the total width of the graphic:
Thickness depends on the image size:
Tech Notes
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History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0) | Updated in 2007 (6.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), AbsoluteThickness, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteThickness.html (updated 2007).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "AbsoluteThickness." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteThickness.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). AbsoluteThickness. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteThickness.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_absolutethickness, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AbsoluteThickness}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteThickness.html}", note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_absolutethickness, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AbsoluteThickness}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteThickness.html}, note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}