Gnuplot, description distance to axis

label gnuplot axis
YaY picture YaY · Feb 27, 2013 · Viewed 23.9k times · Source

How can I get a fixed distance in gnuplot from the border of my graph to the description? When I use

 set ylabel "{/Symbol s}[MPa]" font "Times Italic, 10"

The description is a bit too far away from the axis.

Answer

andyras picture andyras · Feb 27, 2013

Yes, there is the offset flag to the xlabel and ylabel commands:

set ylabel "foo" offset x,y

Type

help set xlabel

for all the axis label options.

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