How to change the linewidth of hatch in matplotlib?

Question

Is there a way to increase the width of hatch in matplotlib?

For example, the following code by specifying linewidth only changes the width of the edge. I

Answer 1

As of matplotlib version 2.0, you can directly change the linewidth parameter, as follows:

import matplotlib as mpl
mpl.rcParams['hatch.linewidth'] = 0.1  # previous pdf hatch linewidth
mpl.rcParams['hatch.linewidth'] = 1.0  # previous svg hatch linewidth

This seems a better workaround than what folks have above. You can check the matplotlib version by:

import matplotlib as mpl
print(mpl.__version__) # should be 2.x.y