grid.rect(gp=gpar(col="grey")) pushViewport(viewport(just="bottom", gp=gpar(cex=0.7))) grid.xaxis(name="axis1", at=1:4/5) childNames(grid.get("axis1")) grid.edit("axis1", at=1:3/4) grid.edit(gPath("axis1", "labels"), rot=45) popViewport()