Dear Jonas Stein, You may add a line defining a large margin to harbour the legend, such as: par(mai=c(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.8)) # enlarged right margin plot(1:10) legend("right", legend=c("one", "two"), inset=-0.2, xpd=NA) Kind regards, Franklin Bretschneider -- Dept Biologie Kruytgebouw W711 Padualaan 8 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands