Axis labels in EPS figure are outside bounding box

[mbrennwa]

Dear all

The below code example produces an eps file containing a simple  
figure. The resulting eps file is attached. The problem is that the  
axis labels are cut off, i.e. they are partially outside the bounding  
box of the figure. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to circumvent  
this problem?

(Octave 3.2.0 on Mac OS X 10.5, gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 5)

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plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
fs = 18;
set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);
print ('testy.eps','-depsc','-S500,400');
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[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 17, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Matthias Brennwald wrote:

> Dear all
>
> The below code example produces an eps file containing a simple  
> figure. The resulting eps file is attached. The problem is that the  
> axis labels are cut off, i.e. they are partially outside the  
> bounding box of the figure. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to  
> circumvent this problem?
>
> (Octave 3.2.0 on Mac OS X 10.5, gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 5)
>
> ---------------
> plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
> fs = 18;
> set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
> xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
> ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);
> print ('testy.eps','-depsc','-S500,400');
> ---------------
>
> <testy.eps>

I'm able to run Octave 3.2.2 or the most recent developers sources on  
Mac OSX 10.6. I see no clipping.

Running your script produces the attached eps-file.

Upgrading your Octave to a more recent version should fix the problem  
for you. You can down load 3.2.3 at the link below.

        http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary

Ben








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[Bryan Wilcox-3]

I can confirm this issue on a Mac Air running

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Octave 3.2.0
gnuplot 4.2 patch level 5

In general, axis labels are cut-off in figures generated running the
plot command from Octave. If the data is exported via

------------------------------------
save -ascii plot.dat plotvar;
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where 'plotvar' is a nx2 matrix with the first column the x-data and
the second column the y-data, then plotted using gnuplot directly
(either via command line or batch file) the plots look just fine.

Regards,

Bryan

2009/10/17 Matthias Brennwald <matthias@...>:

> Dear all
>
> The below code example produces an eps file containing a simple figure. The
> resulting eps file is attached. The problem is that the axis labels are cut
> off, i.e. they are partially outside the bounding box of the figure. What am
> I doing wrong? What can I do to circumvent this problem?
>
> (Octave 3.2.0 on Mac OS X 10.5, gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 5)
>
> ---------------
> plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
> fs = 18;
> set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
> xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
> ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);
> print ('testy.eps','-depsc','-S500,400');
> ---------------
>
>
>
>
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[Henry F. Mollet]

on 10/17/09 2:08 PM, Ben Abbott at bpabbott@... wrote:

>
> On Oct 17, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Matthias Brennwald wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> The below code example produces an eps file containing a simple
>> figure. The resulting eps file is attached. The problem is that the
>> axis labels are cut off, i.e. they are partially outside the
>> bounding box of the figure. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to
>> circumvent this problem?
>>
>> (Octave 3.2.0 on Mac OS X 10.5, gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 5)
>>
>> ---------------
>> plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
>> fs = 18;
>> set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
>> xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
>> ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);
>> print ('testy.eps','-depsc','-S500,400');
>> ---------------
>>
>> <testy.eps>
>
> I'm able to run Octave 3.2.2 or the most recent developers sources on
> Mac OSX 10.6. I see no clipping.
>
> Running your script produces the attached eps-file.
>
> Upgrading your Octave to a more recent version should fix the problem
> for you. You can down load 3.2.3 at the link below.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary
>
> Ben
>

Octave 3.2.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.11, gnuplot 4.2.5, using Aquaterm.

octave-3.2.2:1> plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
octave-3.2.2:2> fs = 18;
octave-3.2.2:3> set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
octave-3.2.2:4> xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
octave-3.2.2:5> ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);

Y-label OK but no X-label. Saved as PDF, see attached.
Henry



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[mbrennwa]

2009/10/17 Ben Abbott <bpabbott@...>

On Oct 17, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Matthias Brennwald wrote:

Dear all

The below code example produces an eps file containing a simple figure. The resulting eps file is attached. The problem is that the axis labels are cut off, i.e. they are partially outside the bounding box of the figure. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to circumvent this problem?

(Octave 3.2.0 on Mac OS X 10.5, gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 5)

---------------
plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
fs = 18;
set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);
print ('testy.eps','-depsc','-S500,400');
---------------

<testy.eps>

I'm able to run Octave 3.2.2 or the most recent developers sources on Mac OSX 10.6. I see no clipping.

Running your script produces the attached eps-file.

Upgrading your Octave to a more recent version should fix the problem for you. You can down load 3.2.3 at the link below.

       http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary

Ben

Dear Ben et al

I downloaded Octave 3.2.3 from the above link and installed it. Sure enough, the labels are now fully inside the bounding box. However, the figure is much larger now. To get about the same size as with 3.2.0 I have to change the last line in my above code example to:

print ('testy.eps','-depsc','-S320,

250');

With this, the labels are outside the bounding box again... what's going on here? Black magic?

Is there another (and more reproducible) way to produce a plot with a given size (height/width) and matching font size?

Matthias

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[mbrennwa]

2009/10/17 Ben Abbott <bpabbott@...>

On Oct 17, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Matthias Brennwald wrote:

Dear all

The below code example produces an eps file containing a simple figure. The resulting eps file is attached. The problem is that the axis labels are cut off, i.e. they are partially outside the bounding box of the figure. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to circumvent this problem?

(Octave 3.2.0 on Mac OS X 10.5, gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 5)

---------------
plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
fs = 18;
set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);
print ('testy.eps','-depsc','-S500,400');
---------------

<testy.eps>

I'm able to run Octave 3.2.2 or the most recent developers sources on Mac OSX 10.6. I see no clipping.

Running your script produces the attached eps-file.

Upgrading your Octave to a more recent version should fix the problem for you. You can down load 3.2.3 at the link below.

       http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary

Ben

Dear Ben et al

I should read manuals more often. Here's what's wrong with the above example:
1. In the documentaion of print(...), the -SXSIZE,YSIZE option is not listed for EPS. While this option does work somehow, it may not be properly implemented or supported for EPS. So its propably better not to use it.
2. The size of the EPS figure (the bounding box) is determined from the figure's 'paperposition' property (this is also in the print(...) documentation). So, the 'paperposition' property needs to be set as desired (or, alternatively, 'outerposition' might be useful, too).
3. The position of the figure axes within the bounding box can be set with the 'position' property of the axes.

So, with this information, I modified my previous example as follows:

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plot (sin ([0:100]/10)); axis ([0 100 -1.1 1.1]);
fs = 18;
set (gca,'fontsize',fs);
xlabel ('x label','fontsize',fs);
ylabel ('y label','fontsize',fs);
set (gca,'position',[0.2 0.2 0.7,0.7]); % set bottom-left position, width and height of figure relative to bounding box (=window box)
set (gcf,'paperposition',[0 0 3 2]); % paperposition is used to determine size of figure in the file
print ('testy2.eps','-depsc');
---------

This does what I need. Maybe this is useful to others, so I thought I'd share it. However, I could not find an explanation of the 'paperposition' property in the manual. I had to guess (which was not very difficult), and it would be nice if it would be included in the manual.

Matthias

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