# Temp labels: could you avoid 12.5-degree bands?

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**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/temp-labels-could-you-avoid-12-5-degree-bands/603 "2020-05-01T15:43:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![garyo](https://forum.flowx.io/user_avatar/forum.flowx.io/garyo/32/349_2.png) [@garyo](https://forum.flowx.io/u/garyo)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/temp-labels-could-you-avoid-12-5-degree-bands/603/5 "2020-05-02T11:10:03Z")

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I’ve done graph layout more than a few times 😀, so send me your spreadsheet & I’ll take a look. I assume your algorithm just takes actual min & max and amount of display space (ydim), and returns a list of major/minor ticks with they Y coords?  
It’s always an aesthetic choice; there’s no one right answer. Personally I prefer leaving a bit of a gap if it gives more easily readable ticks - I’m a [Tufte](https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information/dp/1930824130) guy.

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