Now incorporated directly into the latest version of matplotlib (v1.3) here is a great alternative that brings some style to your plotting routines. I haven’t tried it out on plots with a huge number of points but I imagine it should work just fine. Below are some simple examples. Simple as matplotlib.pyplot.xkcd()…
Pseudo-Random Sequence with XKCD:
No XKCD:
Cheers Jake Vanderplas: http://jakevdp.github.com/blog/2012/10/07/xkcd-style-plots-in-matplotlib/
More Examples: http://matplotlib.org/xkcd/examples/showcase/xkcd.html
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