<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>You can't do what you are asking for with the current version of GrADS, but Brian is working on an overhaul of the contour labeling for a future release (I don't know when it will be available). The code is nearly ready but the user interface for controlling the options hasn't been finalized. The filled rectangles behind the contour labels will be replaced by a gap in the contour line.<div><br></div><div>In the meanwhile, you can use 'set background' to control the color of the filled rectangle behind the contour labels. Although the boxes often straddle both sides of a contour line, you may be able to diminish their visual impact by drawing each contour separately, specifying the background colors that you used in your shaded plot. </div><div><br></div><div>Jennifer</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div><div>On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Mald MM5 wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hi there anybody,<div><br></div><div>I have a plot where contour plot is superimposed on a shaded plot. There is a box coming with the contour label. However, I want the box to be removed and keep the label only. How do I achieve this?...</div> <div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Mald</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>Jennifer M. Adams</div><div>IGES/COLA</div><div>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</div><div>Calverton, MD 20705</div><div><a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></div></span> </div><br></div></div></div></body></html>