Hi, > I would like to draw a barplot where items are countries and, in > order to fit the country´s names in, tilt these names about 45°. Is > this possible? I cannot find any examples in the docs. I think it is in the FAQ : http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-can-I-create-rotated-axis-labels_003f Hope that helps, -- Julien