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From: sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net>
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Subject: Re: Axis labelling with many decimals
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Dieter Britz wrote:

> I have an x-range that is a very tight bunch with many decimals,
> so that the numbers overlap. I avoid that by rotating by 90 deg,
> but they then intrude into the frame:
> 
> set format x '%10.8f'
> set xrange [0.87845758:0.87845769]
> set xtics  0.87845758, 0.00000001, 0.87845769 rotate by 90
> 
> How can I lower the labels so that they are outside the frame?

# right justify the labels
set xtics rotate by 90 right