\input{preamble-standalone.ltx} \begin{document} % Ex. No. 21 (Section 6.2.2 : Position of the graduations with \tkzname{xlabel style}) \begin{tikzpicture} \tkzInit[xmin=1000,xmax=4000,xstep=1000] \tkzDrawX \tikzset{xlabel style/.append style={rotate=-30}} \tkzLabelX[below right=3 pt,inner sep = 1pt] \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}