Re: Re: Re: Precision graphics
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- Subject: [mg16873] Re: [mg16823] Re: [mg16631] Re: Precision graphics
- From: Jason Gill <jgill at vbimail.champlain.edu>
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 02:24:17 -0400
- Organization: IBM Microelectronics
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Nicolas,
When working with long labels, at least for Plot labels,( I haven't tried it
with axes/frame labels but I assume it works)
I use the following PlotLabel command:
PlotLabel->StyleForm[
ToString[ColumnForm[{"PlotLabel Line 1",
"PlotLabel Line 2 ","PlotLabel Line3"},Center]],
FontSize->12]
in this example, I end up with a 3 line label, which is centered, and I have also
employed StyleForm to increase the font size.
Hope that helps.
Jason
Nicolas B.E. Sawyer wrote:
> 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?
>
> --
> Nicolas B.E. Sawyer
>
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