# Gmt text command gives me error for offseting text **URL:** \ **Category:** Q&A\ **Created:** [September 13, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/gmt-text-command-gives-me-error-for-offseting-text/4248 "2023-09-13T19:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saballos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Saballos](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Saballos)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/gmt-text-command-gives-me-error-for-offseting-text/4248/1 "2023-09-13T19:31:49Z")
I am using GMT 6.3 on a linux Ubuntu machine **gmt text** command gives me an error when I add the offset option. This is my line of script: echo 86.539W 12.423N Momotombo | gmt text -F+f10p,Helvetica-Bold+jCB -D1c,-2c This is the error message: text [WARNING]: 1c,-2 not a valid number and may not be decoded properly. If I remove the -D option it works but obviously doesn’t offset the text Any help on how to solve this? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![pwessel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/pwessel/32/30_2.png) [@pwessel](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/pwessel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/gmt-text-command-gives-me-error-for-offseting-text/4248/2 "2023-09-13T19:52:03Z")
There is no dx ,dy only dx/dy. ---
**Author:** ![Saballos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Saballos](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Saballos)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/gmt-text-command-gives-me-error-for-offseting-text/4248/3 "2023-09-13T19:56:23Z")
Thank you for the clarification. It does work now