# Plots printed abnormally big

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** question, package, plotting
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906 "2020-11-10T11:26:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![daorse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/daorse/32/19307_2.png) [@daorse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daorse)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906/1 "2020-11-10T11:26:35Z")

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Hello,  
since I rebuilt Plots (v.1.8.0) in order to solve another issue (“GKS: character ignored due to unicode error”) my plots are now by default printed in a huge format and even when a smaller size is specified, all the objects in the plot are still abnormally big. I also tried to rebuild the package a second time but it didn’t help.

```julia
using Plots
f(x) = exp(-x^2/2)
plot(f, -3, 3) 	

```

![issue2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/5/e57d354f955a15d64038161a00a0015dc37dd161.png)

Thank you

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### Author: ![lungben](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lungben/32/12314_2.png) [@lungben](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lungben)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906/2 "2020-11-10T11:37:39Z")

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I had the same problem and created an issue:  
[https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/issues/3133](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/issues/3133)

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### Author: ![PietroMonticone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pietromonticone/32/44881_2.png) [@PietroMonticone](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PietroMonticone)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906/3 "2020-11-10T11:56:39Z")

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Had the same problem.

You might want to remove `Plots.jl` with

```julia
] rm Plots 

```

and then install the previous version v.1.7.3 with

```julia
] add Plots@1.7.3

```

waiting for the bug fixes.

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### Author: ![daorse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/daorse/32/19307_2.png) [@daorse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daorse)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906/4 "2020-11-10T12:34:28Z")

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Thank you, It worked fine for me.

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### Author: ![lungben](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lungben/32/12314_2.png) [@lungben](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lungben)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906/5 "2020-11-10T18:49:17Z")

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Thanks to @jheinen this bug has already been fixed.

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### Author: ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-printed-abnormally-big/49906/6 "2020-11-10T18:50:29Z")

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OP I don’t see the problem, I quite like that plot.

😉