Problem solved!
thanks
J

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:31 AM, S Ellison <S.Ellison@lgc.co.uk> wrote:

>  They probably look different because the y-axis distance is to the
> bottom of the number and the x-axis to the top; character adjustment is
> putting the actual locations in the 'same' place but with opposing
> orientation.
>
> Try fooling about with the mgp argument in axis():
>
> par(mfrow=c(1,1), cex.axis = 0.5, cex.lab = 0.5)
> plot(1,1, axes = F)
> axis(1, mgp=c(3,0.7,0))
> axis(2, mgp=c(3,1,0))
>
> >>> jonas garcia <garcia.jonas80@googlemail.com> 10/13/09 5:58 PM >>>
> Dear list,
> why does the distance between the axis labels and the tick marks looks
> different for x axis and y axis in the plot (see code below).
> In fact, the x axis labels look furthest from the tickmarks than in the
> y
> axis.
> How can I make them look the same?
>
>  par(mfrow=c(1,1), cex.axis = 0.5, cex.lab = 0.5)
> plot(1,1, axes = F)
> axis(1)
> axis(2)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jonas
>
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