marc schwartz marc_schwartzcomcastnet 08062008 0321 pm jörg groß wrote hi make distance axislabel axis bigger havent found anything par depends upon mean axis labels axis labels referring text annotation typically centered axis eg x axis left axis likely want set ann false plot call use mtext place text example plot110 ann false mtextside 1 text x axis line 3 mtextside 2 text axis line 3 see plotdefault mtext information hand talking placement text placed tick mark axis look par take note mgp specifically middle value vector example compare plot110 mgp c3 1 0 plot110 mgp c3 2 0 hth marc schwartz ______________________________________________ rhelprprojectorg mailing list httpsstatethzchmailmanlistinforhelp please read posting guide httpwwwrprojectorgpostingguidehtml provide commented minimal selfcontained reproducible code wed 06 aug 2008 154128 0500 r defining distance axis label axis