mtext: smaller labels description when layout is used
问题 Using mtext for the label description does something different than using xlab. How can I make the mtext labels be always the same size as it would be when using xlab (without defining always the cex argument). In the minimal example below cex=cex.lab=1 for both figures. However the size is different. layout(matrix(c(1,1,2,2), ncol=1)) op<-par(mar=c(4,4,2,1)) plot(1:10, xlab="", ylab="", main="This is my title") mtext("this is the x-axis", side=1, line=2.75, cex=1) mtext("this is the y-axis",