how to change xlab strings size

chengs gchen9 at WISC.EDU
Fri Nov 18 11:18:08 EST 2005


Now I want to draw xy-plots.  X coordinate is latitude, Y coordinate
is the value of the variable.

I want to draw four lines on the same plot. But when I did this,
there were four Y axis.

How to change the four lines on the same Y coordinate?

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On Nov 17, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Mary Jo Nath wrote:

> I don't think there is any direct control for the "draw xlab" (or
> "draw ylab" or "draw title") commands.
>
> You can get a slightly smaller font by using
> "draw xlab \string". The "\" indicates newline, and will cause
> Grads to draw the label with
> a slightly smaller font and a little farther from the axis.
>
> The other alternative which will give you complete control over the
> appearance of a
> label would be to use "draw string <x position> <y position>
> <string>" along with the
> "set string" and "set strsiz" commands.  This isn't as simple as
> "draw xlab", but it does
> give you control over size, thickness, and placement of the string.
>
> Mary Jo
>
> On Thursday 17 November 2005 10:00, chengs wrote:
>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  I added some strings to the x axis using "draw xlab strings".
>>> Now I
>>>  want to change the strings size.
>>>
>>>  Does somebody know this?
>>>
>>>  Thanks
>>>
>>>  Best regard
>



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