The text command can straightforwardly be used to render simple one-line latex strings, but sometimes the need arises to place more substantial blocks of text onto a plot. For this purpose, it can be useful to use the latex parbox or minipage environments1. For example:
text r’parbox[t]{6cm}{
setlength{
parindent}{1cm}
noindent There once was a lady from Hyde,
newline
Who ate a green apple and died, newline
indent While her lover lamented,
newline
indent The apple fermented,
newline
and made cider inside her inside.}’
If unusual mathematical symbols are required, for example those in the amsmath package, such a package can be loaded using the set preamble command. For example:
set preamble usepackage{marvosym}
text r"{Huge
Dontwash
NoIroning
NoTumbler}$
;$ Do not
wash, iron or tumble-dry this plot."