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In addition to the general device-dependent control words, the following
control codes are available for moving and rotating of texts:
(Same specifications are also available in GPLOT, see TEXTROT?)

  [MOVE(x,y)]    moves the start of the text by x in X direction and by y
                 in Y direction.
  [ROT(angle)]   rotates the text by an angle given in degrees.

The following example illustrates the use of these control words:
...............
PLOT Y(X)=10*SIN(X) / DEVICE=PS,TEST.PS
/GS-PDF TEST.PS
HEADER=[MOVE(500,-50)][Timesb(18)],Test_plot
PEN=[MOVE(0,0)][ROT(0)][Swiss(10)]
YSCALE=[ROT(90)],-10(2)10
YSCALE2=[MOVE(0,30)][ROT(-90)],-10(2)10
YSCALEPOS=-50,50
...............
                             See [char_width(x)] on the next page!

When using fonts of proportional pitch (as Times or Swiss), equally
spaced text can be printed by using [char_width(x)] where x is the
character width given in Points. [char_width(0)] means resuming the
normal proportional pitch again.
This facility is useful in plotting Y scale notations in graphs in order
to get notations correctly aligned.
Typical example: PEN=[Swiss(10)][char_width(0)]
                 YSCALE=[char_width(8)],-4(2)2

  P = More information on PostScript plotting