# Font change in plot -l string not correctly intpreted in legend command **URL:** \ **Category:** Q&A\ **Tags:** legend\ **Created:** [June 2, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/font-change-in-plot-l-string-not-correctly-intpreted-in-legend-command/3989 "2023-06-02T16:02:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![volkerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9d8465/32.png) [@volkerk](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/volkerk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/font-change-in-plot-l-string-not-correctly-intpreted-in-legend-command/3989/1 "2023-06-02T16:02:02Z")
Using gmt 6.4 I came across the problem that the font change in the first legend string was not correct ```bash # generate legend rm -f legend.txt cat <<- END > dummy.dat -128 -9000 0 -9000 END gmt begin a gmt basemap -JX7/5 "-R0/1/0/1" -Bewsn gmt plot dummy.dat -Wthick -l'@%1%m@%% (rot. feedb.)' gmt plot dummy.dat -Wthick,blue -l'@%1%m@%% (rot. pot. only)' gmt plot dummy.dat -Wthin -l'm@-x@-' gmt plot dummy.dat -Wthin,- -l'm@-y@-' gmt plot dummy.dat -Wthin,. -l'm@-z@-' gmt legend -DjTR+o0.2c -F+gwhite --FONT_ANNOT_PRIMARY=8p,Helvetica -Tlegend.txt # modificiation due to bug in legend function. gmt end show ``` resulted in a not correct setting of the legend. I echoed the legend entries to legend,txt and they read, ```auto S - - - - thick,black - @%m@% (rot. feedb.) S - - - - thick,blue - @%1%m@%% (rot. pot. only) S - - - - thin,black - m@-x@- S - - - - thin,black,6_3:0p - m@-y@- S - - - - thin,black,0.75_3:0p - m@-z@- ``` So only in the first line `@%1%m@%%` was changed to `@%m@%`. (I want to set the m in bold) The dummy I did to use the legend information later in a different plot.