Re: Re: Precision graphics
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- Subject: [mg16823] Re: [mg16631] Re: Precision graphics
- From: "Nicolas B.E. Sawyer" <nbes at eee.nott.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 02:35:22 -0500
- Organization: University of Nottingham
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BobHanlon at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/19/99 11:13:43 PM, evansNOSPAM at gte.net writes:
>
> >>For example, suppose I have a long "PlotLabel" with
> >>a long "AxesLabel" (on the vertical axis) then this
> >>can cause these labels to be superimposed on each
> >>other -- not very nice to look at.
> >>Also, the length of the AxesLabel can effect the size of
> >>the data plot display region; i.e. the larger the vertical axis
> >>label the smaller the actual data plot.
> >>Often one would like to align vertically several plots
> >>and this can be quite tedious when sizes of the
> >>plots are changed automatically.
> >
> >
> >Speaking for myself I have dropped suggestions in the WRI box on both
> >counts.
> >
> >(a) Horizontal tick labels that print vertically upwards to avoid
> >overlapping text.
> >
> >(b) Menu-based graphics alignment command that uses the actual graphics
> >frame rectangle (plot area) instead of the overall plot size (which includes
> >text labels) to align graphics.
> >
> >No word back on any of this.
> >
>
> To keep the labels from overlapping with each other or with the tick labels,
> I use line breaks "\n". Also, to make the plots align, make sure that all of
> the labels are the same number of lines.
>
> p1 = Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 6}, DisplayFunction -> Identity, PlotLabel ->
> "This is a very long PlotLabel\nwhich needs to be broken up\ninto \
> multiple lines\n",
> Frame -> True, FrameLabel -> {"\nx",
> "This is a very long frame\nlabel which also needs to\nbe broken up \
> and spaced\naway from the axis\n"}];
>
> p2 = Plot[Cos[x], {x, 0, 6}, DisplayFunction -> Identity, Frame -> True,
> PlotLabel -> " \n \nShorter PlotLabel\n",
> FrameLabel -> {"\nx", " \n \n \nShorter FrameLabel\n"}];
>
> Show[GraphicsArray[{p1, p2}], ImageSize -> {680, 200}];
>
> Show[GraphicsArray[{{p1}, {p2}}], ImageSize -> {386, 500}];
>
> Bob Hanlon
How does one centre the rows of text in the long labels?
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Nicolas B.E. Sawyer
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