# Increase the thickness of node border in TikZ

Suppose I have a node in the shape of a circle. How can I make its border thicker?

\node[circle, draw=blue!80, inner sep=0pt, minimum size=12pt] (1) at (0,0) {1};


The node’s border is a path, you can use the same options for a \path, e.g. ultra thin, thick, very thick, and so on:

\node[circle, draw=blue!80, thick, inner sep=0pt, minimum size=12pt] (1) at (0,0) {1};


The line width key works as well:

\node[circle,draw=blue!80, line width=1mm, inner sep=0pt,minimum size=12pt] (1) at(0,0) {1};


All predefined line widths are

\tikzset{
ultra thin/.style= {line width=0.1pt},
very thin/.style=  {line width=0.2pt},
thin/.style=       {line width=0.4pt},% thin is the default
semithick/.style=  {line width=0.6pt},
thick/.style=      {line width=0.8pt},
very thick/.style= {line width=1.2pt},
ultra thick/.style={line width=1.6pt}
}


## Code

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
every node/.append style={circle, draw=blue!80, inner sep=0pt, minimum size=12pt}]
\node                 (1) at (0,0) {1};
\node[thick]          (2) at (1,0) {2};
\node[line width=1mm] (3) at (2,0) {3};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


## Output

• If you have a rectangle as a node (e.g. using matrix in tikz), can you adjust the thickness of the borders individually? E.g. top, bottom, left, right? line width changes all of them simultaneously. – luchonacho Feb 19 '18 at 10:14

You can change global path thickness as below, so you no need to change it here and there:

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}

\tikzstyle{every node}=[font=\large]
\tikzstyle{every path}=[line width=2pt]

\begin{tikzpicture}[
every node/.append style={circle, draw=blue!80, inner sep=2pt, minimum size=12pt}]
\node                 (1) at (0,0) {1};
\node[]               (2) at (1,0) {2};
\node[]               (3) at (2,0) {3};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


Output (use inkscape tool to covert pdf to png)

Output (use convert tool to covert pdf to png)

• How did you get this figure? According your code, numbers should be centered inside circles. – Ignasi Nov 26 '14 at 7:38
• Really good question. I found it caused by different pdf to png convert tool. one is from inkscape and another is from convert. Not sure if it caused by the default font. I have updated the output from both tool. code is the same but image is really differ. – Beatlej Nov 26 '14 at 19:16
• @Beatlej Inkscape can't use embedded font... – Paul Gaborit Nov 26 '14 at 23:50