Gnuplot, description distance to axis

Question

How can I get a fixed distance in gnuplot from the border of my graph to the description? When I use

 set ylabel "{/Symbol s}[MPa]" font "Times Italic, 10"

The description is a bit too far away from the axis.

Answer 1

Yes, there is the offset flag to the xlabel and ylabel commands:

set ylabel "foo" offset x,y

Type

help set xlabel

for all the axis label options.