In the following example, changing `adjx' from 0 to 0.5 to 1 changes the position of the letters. Changing `adjy' has no influence on the position of the letters. adjx = 0 adjy = 0 xyplot( 1:3 ~ 1:3, panel=function( x, y, ... ){ ltext( x, y, LETTERS[1:3], adj=c( adjx, adjy ), cex=5 ) panel.grid() } ) Wolfram Fischer