xlab=expression(bar(temp)) or xlab=expression(bar(" temp")) The overbar looks like it begins above "e" in the first case.
See demo(plotmath). Jason Horn wrote: > > Can anyone tell me how to produce a macron (or overbar or overline) > symbol on an R plot. I have an axis that is labeled "temp", but I > need the overbar symbol over the entire word. > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-produce-a-macron-symbol-%28overline---overbar%29-on-a-plot-tf4468656.html#a12742054 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.