Restrictions on the length of titles and text strings

To avoid text overflowing the limits of the picture, HPLOT will truncate text strings to fit the available space. The truncation is performed by starting the text string as far to the left as possible (or, for Y axis titles, as low as possible). As many characters as possible are then drawn. If the result is not what is required because of truncation the user can modify the output in several ways:
  1. The HBOOK global title can be redefined by calling HTITLE just before the relevant HPLOT call(s).
  2. The character sizes can be redefined with HPLSET.
  3. For ``zoned'' plots, the position or number of zones can be altered.
  4. The text position can be redefined with HPLSET.