Try this: Assuming that 'build' is a factor
par(mar=c(7,2,2,2), xpd = TRUE) boxplot(time ~ build, horiz = T, col='lightblue', xaxt='n') text(1:nlevels(build), par("usr")[3]-0.50, levels(build), srt=45, cex=0.6) On 29/02/2008, Alex Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the following code: > > subsetTimeDataPlot <- boxplot(subsetTimeData$time ~ > subsetTimeData$build, horizontal=True, col="lightblue", ...) > > The 'names' component consists of strings that can be up to 20-30 > characters long. > > How would I go about drawing the names vertically (not the boxplot) or > shrinking the names text (I tried cex.names=0.7 but this didn't help). > > Thanks for any advice, I apologize if these are stupid questions, > > -Alex > > -- > Alex Reynolds > University of Washington Medical Genetics > 2211 Elliot > Seattle, WA 98121 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.