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+%22%22%22%0ACustom symbols%0A--------------%0A%0AThe :meth:%60pygmt.Figure.plot%60 method can plot individual custom symbols%0Aby passing the corresponding symbol name together with the **k** shortcut to%0Athe %60%60style%60%60 parameter. In total 41 custom symbols are already included of%0Awhich the following plot shows five exemplary ones. The symbols are shown%0Aunderneath their corresponding names. For the remaining symbols see the GMT%0Acookbook :gmt-docs:%60cookbook/custom-symbols.html%60.%0A%22%22%22%0A%0Aimport pygmt%0A%0Afig = pygmt.Figure()%0Afig.basemap(region=%5B0, 8, 0, 3%5D, projection=%22X12c/4c%22, frame=True)%0A%0A# define pen and fontstlye for annotations%0Apen = %221p,black%22%0Afont = %2215p,Helvetica-Bold%22%0A%0A# use the volcano symbol with a size of 1.5c,%0A# fill color is set to %22seagreen%22%0Afig.plot(x=1, y=1.25, style=%22kvolcano/1.5c%22, pen=pen, color=%22seagreen%22)%0Afig.text(x=1, y=2.5, text=%22volcano%22, font=font)%0A%0A# use the astroid symbol with a size of 1.5c,%0A# fill color is set to %22red3%22%0Afig.plot(x=2.5, y=1.25, style=%22kastroid/1.5c%22, pen=pen, color=%22red3%22)%0Afig.text(x=2.5, y=2.5, text=%22astroid%22, font=font)%0A%0A# use the flash symbol with a size of 1.5c,%0A# fill color is set to %22darkorange%22%0Afig.plot(x=4, y=1.25, style=%22kflash/1.5c%22, pen=pen, color=%22darkorange%22)%0Afig.text(x=4, y=2.5, text=%22flash%22, font=font)%0A%0A# use the star4 symbol with a size of 1.5c,%0A# fill color is set to %22dodgerblue4%22%0Afig.plot(x=5.5, y=1.25, style=%22kstar4/1.5c%22, pen=pen, color=%22dodgerblue4%22)%0Afig.text(x=5.5, y=2.5, text=%22star4%22, font=font)%0A%0A# use the hurricane symbol with a size of 1.5c,%0A# fill color is set to %22magenta4%22%0Afig.plot(x=7, y=1.25, style=%22khurricane/1.5c%22, pen=pen, color=%22magenta4%22)%0Afig.text(x=7, y=2.5, text=%22hurricane%22, font=font)%0A%0Afig.show()%0A

Add a gallery example showing individual custom symbols (#1348)