You might like to try par(las=1). Cheers, Matthew squall44 wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know if it's possible to change the text direction of mtext? > > I'd like to use 'mtext(side=2)' but the text should be 'left-to-right'. > > I couldn't find an argument for that in the help files. > > Thanks for any suggestions > Tobias >