plot(1:5, main="plot title ('main')", sub="plot sub-title ('sub')", xlab="x-axis label ('xlab')", ylab="y-axis label ('ylab')", col="grey", axes=FALSE) box(col="grey") axis(1, col="grey", col.axis="grey") axis(2, col="grey", col.axis="grey") text(1:5, 1:5, "data\nsymbol\n('pch')", cex=.7, pos=c(4, 1, 3, 2, 2)) mtext("tick label ('labels')", side=1, line=1.5, at=1:5, cex=.7) mtext("tick mark ('at')", side=1, line=.1, at=1:5, cex=.7) mtext("tick label ('labels')", side=2, line=2, at=1:5, cex=.7) mtext("tick mark ('at')", side=2, line=.6, at=1:5, cex=.7)