How to change the linewidth of hatch in matplotlib?

Question

Is there a way to increase the width of hatch in matplotlib?

For example, the following code by specifying linewidth only changes the width of the edge. I

Answer 1

I have a workaround that may help some. I use this when making my final plots for reports. The width of the hatch is affected by the dpi setting in

plt.savefig('pic',dpi=300)

The following figure is done at 80 DPI

Then again at 400 DPI

I fully understand that this may introduce other issues, but I figured it is worth the mention.