how to change xlab strings size

[chengs]

Thank you for your help!

On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Sara Rauscher wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Use
>
>
>     *set vrange*
>
> |set vrange y1 y2|
>
> Specifies the range of the variable values for y-axis scaling (from
> y1 -
> y2). Reset by |clear| only.
>
> sara
>
> chengs wrote:
>
>
>> 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?
>>
>> see attachment
>>
>> 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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>
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