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I want to plot a function ( I need the "Frame" and "ImagePadding" for later overlay of another graph):

Plot[t^2, {t, 0, 5}, PlotStyle -> Blue, Frame -> {True, True, True, False}, ImagePadding -> 25, AxesLabel -> {"x label", "y label"}]

but I cannot see the labels. I think that the labels are somewhere on the graph, but are not seen. Also I want to add a legend in order that later I can use Overlay, but I cannot get the hang of it. Do you have any tips?

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  • $\begingroup$ Change "Axes" to "Frame" in AxesLabel. $\endgroup$
    – Artem
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 20:37
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks! This worked for this example, but what if I have "Frame -> {False, False, False, True}"? $\endgroup$
    – 10001000101111
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 20:48
  • $\begingroup$ Then you do not have axes to put the labels on. $\endgroup$
    – Artem
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 20:51
  • $\begingroup$ The axes aren't displayed if they are too near the frame. If you add lots of padding you will see them PlotRangePadding -> Scaled[0.15] but the plot looks silly. $\endgroup$
    – Simon Woods
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 20:55
  • $\begingroup$ You could use a full frame but make parts of it transparent? Plot[t^2, {t, 0, 5}, Frame -> True, FrameLabel -> (Style[#, Opacity[1]] & /@ {"x label", "y label"}), FrameStyle -> Opacity /@ {1, 0, 0, 1}] $\endgroup$
    – Simon Woods
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 21:01

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When you use a frame, axes are suppressed, so you need to give Axes -> True. Also you must provide some extra space along the left side and bottom of the plot.

Plot[t^2, {t, 0, 5},
 PlotStyle -> Blue,
 Frame -> {{True, False}, {True, True}},,
 PlotRangePadding -> {{.75, Automatic}, {5, Automatic}},
 Axes -> True,
 AxesLabel -> {"x label", "y label"}]

plot

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