# Plots, text marker instead of markershape?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-text-marker-instead-of-markershape/55656
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** plotting, gnuplot, gaston
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-text-marker-instead-of-markershape/55656 "2021-02-19T22:15:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![maajdl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maajdl/32/22838_2.png) [@maajdl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maajdl)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-text-marker-instead-of-markershape/55656/1 "2021-02-19T22:15:58Z")

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Hello,

Is it possible to write a number (or a text) as a marker instead of using a markershape ?

Thanks

Michel

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### Author: ![mbaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbaz/32/17295_2.png) [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-text-marker-instead-of-markershape/55656/2 "2021-02-19T22:26:08Z")

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It is possible using gnuplot (either with Gnuplot.jl or Gaston), which accepts any UTF-8 character as a marker. There is an example here: [2-D plotting tutorial · Gaston.jl](https://mbaz.github.io/Gaston.jl/stable/2dplots/#Scatter-plots-(point-clouds)-1)