# Plot module: how to enlarge thickness of axes?

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**Category:** Questions & Answers\
**Tags:** plot\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553 "2022-01-11T20:47:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoePass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/joepass/32/311_2.png) [@JoePass](https://racket.discourse.group/u/JoePass)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553/1 "2022-01-11T20:47:02Z")

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Hi everybody,  
I'm new in the racket and my first question: how to enlarge the thickness of axes? I prepared the plot for the scientific paper but the axes are very tiny! I did not find info about this in the documentation of Plot module. Maybe there is a trick?

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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:** [January 11, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553/2 "2022-01-11T21:33:41Z")

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The parameter is called `plot-line-width`, but it looks like it is not in the documentation,

Alex.

```scheme
#lang racket
(require plot)
(plot-line-width 5)
(plot (function values 0 1))

```

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**Author:** ![JoePass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/joepass/32/311_2.png) [@JoePass](https://racket.discourse.group/u/JoePass)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553/3 "2022-01-12T02:29:25Z")

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Thank you very much, but it is really not in the documentation.

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**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553/4 "2022-01-18T18:36:02Z")

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Looks like... you already added it to the documentation? Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553/5 "2022-01-18T19:34:11Z")

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Here is where it was added

> <https://github.com/racket/plot/commit/6da78b761a6005fdfe771318097513adf38c9564#diff-83e555b88cfda11548a7ad5b2ff762b83d5ce400dc121deb86c304943ee70984>

Not showing up yet but should when the package rebuilds:

[https://docs.racket-lang.org/search/index.html?q=plot-line-width](https://docs.racket-lang.org/search/index.html?q=plot-line-width)

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**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553/6 "2022-01-18T19:46:13Z")

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Sorry, should have made it clear: I see the change already in my local docs. It appears to me that the online docs are updated only on a new release, so I don't expect to see them there until after the 8.4 release.

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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:** [January 18, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/plot-module-how-to-enlarge-thickness-of-axes/553/7 "2022-01-18T22:24:42Z")

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Yes, I added the parameter to the documentation and also added it to the release branch so it will be in 8.4. The plot-line-width parameter was added to the plot package a long time ago, and I suspect the missing documentation was a simple omission, since other parameters which affect the plot as a whole are already documented.

Alex.