Hi, text()'s pos does handle more dimensional labels, while adj does not - or how can I pass an array to text() and use the adj argument (skyblue text)? plot(-1:1,-1:1) text(c(0,0),c(0,0),c("a","b"),pos=c(1,2),col="red") text(c(0,0),c(0,0),c("a","b"),adj=cbind(c(1,2),c(1,1)),col="skyblue") Thomas