diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index 8ab730f3..60013086 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ function normalize_zvals(zv::AVec)
     end
 end
 
+
+gr_alpha(α::Void) = 1
+gr_alpha(α::Real) = α
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 # draw ONE Shape
@@ -1042,6 +1046,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
             if sp[:legendtitle] != nothing
                 GR.settextalign(GR.TEXT_HALIGN_CENTER, GR.TEXT_VALIGN_HALF)
                 gr_set_textcolor(sp[:foreground_color_legend])
+                GR.settransparency(1)
                 gr_text(xpos - 0.03 + 0.5*w, ypos, string(sp[:legendtitle]))
                 ypos -= dy
             end
@@ -1049,16 +1054,26 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
                 should_add_to_legend(series) || continue
                 st = series[:seriestype]
                 gr_set_line(series[:linewidth], series[:linestyle], series[:linecolor]) #, series[:linealpha])
-                if st == :path && series[:fillrange] == nothing
-                    GR.polyline([xpos - 0.07, xpos - 0.01], [ypos, ypos])
-                elseif st == :shape || series[:fillrange] != nothing
+
+                if st == :shape || series[:fillrange] != nothing
                     gr_set_fill(series[:fillcolor]) #, series[:fillalpha])
                     l, r = xpos-0.07, xpos-0.01
                     b, t = ypos-0.4dy, ypos+0.4dy
                     x = [l, r, r, l, l]
                     y = [b, b, t, t, b]
+                    GR.settransparency(gr_alpha(series[:fillalpha]))
                     gr_polyline(x, y, GR.fillarea)
-                    gr_polyline(x, y)
+                    GR.settransparency(gr_alpha(series[:linealpha]))
+                    st == :shape && gr_polyline(x, y)
+                end
+
+                if st == :path
+                    GR.settransparency(gr_alpha(series[:linealpha]))
+                    if series[:fillrange] == nothing || series[:ribbon] != nothing
+                        GR.polyline([xpos - 0.07, xpos - 0.01], [ypos, ypos])
+                    else
+                        GR.polyline([xpos - 0.07, xpos - 0.01], [ypos+0.4dy, ypos+0.4dy])
+                    end
                 end
 
                 if series[:markershape] != :none
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 2b0720fe..d8aced3d 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ function make_fillrange_from_ribbon(kw::KW)
     y, rib = kw[:y], kw[:ribbon]
     rib = wraptuple(rib)
     rib1, rib2 = -first(rib), last(rib)
-    kw[:ribbon] = nothing
+    # kw[:ribbon] = nothing
     kw[:fillrange] = make_fillrange_side(y, rib1), make_fillrange_side(y, rib2)
 end