# Grdcontour label **URL:** \ **Category:** GMT.jl Q&A\ **Created:** [March 30, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/grdcontour-label/2753 "2022-03-30T19:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lavanya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lavanya](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/lavanya)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/grdcontour-label/2753/1 "2022-03-30T19:41:13Z")
Hi, I am trying to plot the labels for contours using grdcontour. I have customized contour levels using -Ccpt\_file. I want to display the labels along a line as marked in the figure. Some of the labels go missing since I am displaying a portion of contour, according to the plot intervals at x,y. Is there any possibility to display the labels along a particular direction that is aligned properly. ![output-onlinepngtools-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/uploads/gmt/original/2X/d/d34d0d82bd2f50450b7127d842d2c559f16389f6.png) ---
**Author:** ![Esteban82](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/esteban82/32/54_2.png) [@Esteban82](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/Esteban82)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/grdcontour-label/2753/2 "2022-03-30T19:50:55Z")
Have you try what it is suggested in the cookbook? > **[19. Annotation of Contours and “Quoted Lines” — GMT 6.3.0 documentation](https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/latest/cookbook/contour-annotations.html#label-placement-at-simple-line-intersections)** ---
**Author:** ![lavanya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lavanya](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/lavanya)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/grdcontour-label/2753/3 "2022-03-31T04:00:49Z")
didn’t notice the options under -G. Thank you very much. It worked.