Pen Size (value)

All 1200 pen sizes, from 1 to 1200, with Scratch Cat for comparison.

Pen size is a value given to all sprites. The default is 1 (a single pixel), but can be changed with the pen size blocks.

Use in Scripts

Pen size can be used in animation, drawing, and much more. To change it, you raise or lower the value. Pen size can also be used in Speed Draw and Speed Paint.

Constraints

In Scratch 3.0, the minimum pen size is 1, and the maximum was changed to be 1200. This change was made so that even if a sprite is off the stage, it can still draw a single dot that completely fills the stage at the max pen size.

Previous versions

This article or section documents something not included in the current version of Scratch (3.0). It is only useful from a historical perspective.

In Scratch 1.4's offline editor, the pen size could be between 1 and 960 (inclusive), and in the Java Player, it could be up to 500. In the Flash Player, the maximum pen size was only 255 because it was the maximum line width that could be set in Flash.

Related Blocks

A sprite's pen size can be altered with these blocks, all found in the Pen Blocks palette:

• set pen size to () — This block will set the size
• change pen size by () — This block will change the value

See Also

• Pen Color (value)
• Pen Shade (value)
• Pen