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Consider this example, taken from the docs and modified for a larger font size using Style (V10.0):

ListPlot[Table[f, {f, {Sin[x], Cos[x]}}, {x, 0, 2 π, 0.1}],
PlotLegends -> (Style[#, 40] & /@ {"sin(x)", "cos(x)"})]

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The plot markers are clearly aligned at the bottom of the legend text, which does not seem optimal.

Is there a way to influence this aligning?

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  • $\begingroup$ @Mr. Wizard a true \[Pi] serial edit - my bad for being lazy :D $\endgroup$
    – Yves Klett
    Sep 17, 2014 at 14:12
  • $\begingroup$ I think it's my problem for being obsessive about it. $\endgroup$
    – Mr.Wizard
    Sep 17, 2014 at 14:15

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ListPlot[Table[f, {f, {Sin[x], Cos[x]}}, {x, 0, 2 π, 0.1}],
PlotLegends ->PointLegend[ (Style[#, 40] & /@ {"sin(x)", "cos(x)"}),Alignment->Center]]

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Update: As noted by rcollyer in the comments Alignment is an undocumented option for PointLegend. As an alternative, the following old Pane trick works without relying on an undocumented option:

ListPlot[Table[f, {f, {Sin[x], Cos[x]}}, {x, 0, 2  π, 0.1}],
PlotLegends ->(Style[Pane[#, BaselinePosition -> Center],40]& /@ 
              {"sin(x)", "cos(x)"})]
(* same picture *)

Update 2: Works with ListLinePlot and LineLegend combination:

ListLinePlot[Table[f, {f, {Sin[x], Cos[x]}}, {x, 0, 2 π, 0.1}], 
 PlotLegends -> LineLegend[(Style[#, 40] & /@ {"sin(x)", "cos(x)"}), Alignment -> Center]]

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  • $\begingroup$ Can we extend that to ListLinePlot as well? $\endgroup$
    – Yves Klett
    Sep 17, 2014 at 14:05
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    $\begingroup$ As a side note, Alignment is an undocumented option for PointLegend. $\endgroup$
    – rcollyer
    Sep 17, 2014 at 14:05
  • $\begingroup$ Just checked - works nicely with an otherwise identical ListLinePlot. $\endgroup$
    – Yves Klett
    Sep 17, 2014 at 14:25
  • $\begingroup$ For my sins, I forgot to accept ... $\endgroup$
    – Yves Klett
    Apr 14, 2016 at 14:14
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    $\begingroup$ One note here: in order to have it so that the labels aren't also centered (as they are in this answer), you need to separate out the horizontal and vertical alignments: Alignment -> {Automatic, Center}. $\endgroup$
    – AnInquiringMind
    Feb 13, 2020 at 17:05
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A reasonable workaround is to use SwatchLegend with LegendMarkers set:

ListPlot[
 Table[f, {f, {Sin[x], Cos[x]}}, {x, 0, 2 π, 0.1}],
 PlotLegends -> 
  SwatchLegend[{"sin(x)", "cos(x)"}, LabelStyle -> 40, LegendMarkers -> "Bubble" ]
]

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    $\begingroup$ Thank you! Should the current aligning be considered as buggy in this case? And can we extend the aligning for ListLinePlot legends as well? $\endgroup$
    – Yves Klett
    Sep 17, 2014 at 14:06

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