# How to get rid of white padding around point-label's text?

**URL:** https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-get-rid-of-white-padding-around-point-labels-text/2577
**Category:** Questions & Answers
**Tags:** plot
**Created:** [December 6, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-get-rid-of-white-padding-around-point-labels-text/2577 "2023-12-06T15:50:53Z")
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### Author: ![nadeemabdulhamid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/nadeemabdulhamid/32/1318_2.png) [@nadeemabdulhamid](https://racket.discourse.group/u/nadeemabdulhamid)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-get-rid-of-white-padding-around-point-labels-text/2577/1 "2023-12-06T15:50:53Z")

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How do I stop plot from putting white padding around point-labels' text? Like in this example, the text isn't really legible because there's white padding around the yellow text:

```scheme
(require plot)
(plot3d (list (point-label3d (vector 0 -.5 .42) "a label" #:point-size 0 #:color "yellow")
                (polar3d (λ (θ φ) 1) #:color "black")))

```

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### Author: ![alexh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/alexh/32/315_2.png) [@alexh](https://racket.discourse.group/u/alexh)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/how-to-get-rid-of-white-padding-around-point-labels-text/2577/2 "2023-12-06T22:44:57Z")

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There is no option to disable that effect.

The code for it is here: [plot/plot-lib/plot/private/common/plot-device.rkt at 2417c228b0ce4708c796b4cb0a22cc818932a605 · racket/plot · GitHub](https://github.com/racket/plot/blob/2417c228b0ce4708c796b4cb0a22cc818932a605/plot-lib/plot/private/common/plot-device.rkt#L401)

Alex.