Here I construct a vector figure with transparent (empty) plot markers without plotted lines going through them using `Region` functionality. The advantage of this approach is that the plot markers are really transparent, as opposed to [my previous answer][1], where the transparency was a simulation. The plotted lines do not go through the markers, because the corresponding portions of them are explicitly removed using `RegionDifference`. The parameter `aspectRatio` here defines the aspect ration of the padded plot range (not of the whole figure), as it [does the option `AspectRatio`][2]. The amount of padding may be controlled using the parameners of the `padPlotRange` function (or, alternatively, the full plot range `paddedPlotRange` can be set explicitly). The perfect result is achieved when the options `AspectRatio -> aspectRatio` and `PlotRange -> paddedPlotRange, PlotRangePadding -> None` are set for the final `Graphics`. Input: data = Table[{x, BesselJ[k, x]}, {k, 0, 4}, {x, 0, 10, 0.5}]; aspectRatio = 1/2; markers = {"Circle", "ThreePointedStar", "FourPointedStar", "DiagonalFourPointedStar", "FivePointedStar"}; colors = {Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Orange}; background = Darker@Gray; Auxiliary functions: Clear[padPlotRange, rescaleCoords, rescaleCoordsBack, putMarker, createLineWithMarkers] padPlotRange[xPadding_ : .01, yPadding_ : .02][{{xMin_, xMax_}, {yMin_, yMax_}}] := Module[{xd, yd}, xd = (xMax - xMin)*xPadding; yd = (yMax - yMin)*yPadding; {{xMin - xd, xMax + xd}, {yMin - yd, yMax + yd}} ] rescaleCoords[paddedPlotRange_, aspectRatio_][pts_] := Module[{xCoords = pts[[All, 1]], yCoords = pts[[All, 2]], xResc, yResc}, xResc = Rescale[xCoords, paddedPlotRange[[1]], {0, 1}]; yResc = Rescale[yCoords, paddedPlotRange[[2]], {0, aspectRatio}]; Transpose[{xResc, yResc}] ] rescaleCoordsBack[paddedPlotRange_, aspectRatio_][pts_] := Module[{xResc = pts[[All, 1]], yResc = pts[[All, 2]], xCoords, yCoords}, xCoords = Rescale[xResc, {0, 1}, paddedPlotRange[[1]]]; yCoords = Rescale[yResc, {0, aspectRatio}, paddedPlotRange[[2]]]; Transpose[{xCoords, yCoords}]] putMarker[marker_Polygon][pts_] := Polygon /@ Table[# + vect & /@ marker[[1]], {vect, pts}]; createLineWithMarkers[marker_, pts_, size_ : .02] := Module[{markerPrims, linePrims}, markerPrims = putMarker[ResourceFunction["PolygonMarker"][marker, size]][pts]; linePrims = MeshPrimitives[ RegionDifference[Line[pts], RegionUnion @@ markerPrims], 1]; Join[{CapForm[None]}, linePrims, markerPrims] ] Plotting: dataRange = MinMax /@ Transpose[Flatten[data, 1]]; paddedPlotRange = padPlotRange[.03, .06]@dataRange; dataResc = rescaleCoords[paddedPlotRange, aspectRatio] /@ data; primitivesResc = Table[{colors[[i]], AbsoluteThickness[1.5], FaceForm[None], EdgeForm[{colors[[i]], AbsoluteThickness[1.5], JoinForm[{"Miter", 6}]}], createLineWithMarkers[markers[[i]], dataResc[[i]], .02]}, {i, Length[dataResc]}]; primitives = primitivesResc /. (h : Line | Polygon)[pts_] :> h@rescaleCoordsBack[paddedPlotRange, aspectRatio][pts]; pl = Graphics[primitives, AspectRatio -> aspectRatio, ImageSize -> 500, Frame -> True, Background -> background, FrameStyle -> White, ImagePadding -> {{30, 20}, {25, 20}}, GridLines -> Automatic, PlotRange -> paddedPlotRange, PlotRangePadding -> None] [![output][3]][3] Exporting to PDF and looking closer: Export["plot.pdf", pl] // SystemOpen [![screenshot][4]][4] Looks perfect. [1]: https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/270181/280 [2]: https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/83810/280 [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/OUUQG.png [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/9I2Uy.png