You don't need to move anything. Just allocate more room for what you have already. Try this:
rm(list=ls()) D_mean<-seq(-5,5,length=100) y<-exp(-D_mean^2/5) pdf("my.pdf") ################### par(mar = c(4.5, 4.5, 1, 1) + 0.1)######### ################### plot(D_mean,y,type="l",yaxt="n",lty=2,lwd=2,col="black", ylab = list(expression(paste(dN/dlogD[agg]," ["*cm^-3*"]"))), xlab = expression(paste(D[agg]," [nm]")), cex.lab=1.2 ) axis(2, mgp=c(0, 0.2, -2)) dev.off() Charles Annis, P.E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 561-352-9699 eFax: 614-455-3265 http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lorenzo Isella Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:53 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] Relocating Axis Label/Title --2 Apologies for the previous mail (I sent it off too early by mistake). This is the correct example: rm(list=ls()) D_mean<-seq(-5,5,length=100) y<-exp(-D_mean^2/5) pdf("my.pdf") plot(D_mean,y,type="l",yaxt="n",lty=2,lwd=2,col="black", ylab = list(expression(paste(dN/dlogD[agg]," ["*cm^-3*"]"))), xlab = expression(paste(D[agg]," [nm]")), cex.lab=1.2 ) axis(2, mgp=c(0, 0.2, -2)) dev.off() With mgp() I can tune the distance between the ticks and the tick labels, but how can I move the axis label? I would like to move the one along y to visualize correctly the exponent "3". Kind Regards Lorenzo On 08/08/07, Lorenzo Isella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > I am experiencing some problems with relocating an axis title. > I visited the following link before posting: > > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/05/5283.html > > But this is not entirely what I would like to do > Consider the example below: > > rm(list=ls()) > D_mean<-seq(-5,5,length=100) > y<-exp(-D_mean^2/5) > pdf("my.pdf") > plot(D_mean,y,type="l",yaxt="n",lty=2,lwd=2,col="black", > ylab = list(expression(paste(dN/dlogD[agg]," ["*cm^-3*"]"))), > xlab = expression(paste(D[agg]," [nm]")), > cex.lab=1.2 > ) > title(2, mgp=c(0, .3, 0)) > dev.off() > > I have the problem that the "3" in cubic centimeters (on the y axis) > is somehow "cut" in the pdf file I generate. Everything would be fine > if I could shift a bit the title of the y axis. > It must be trivial, but so far I have not managed to do it. > Any suggestions? > Many thanks > > Lorenzo > I tried playing with the mgp parameter, but I managed to move the > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.