close all % histogram figure() x = randn(2000,1); hist(x, 50); h = findobj(gca, 'Type','patch'); set(h(1), 'FaceColor',[.2,.2,.2], 'EdgeColor','w', 'linewidth',2) grid('off') h = gridxy([],get(gca,'ytick'),'color','w','linewidth',2) box('off'); uistack(h, 'top') xlabel('Data') ylabel('Count') set(gcf, 'PaperUnits', 'centimeters'); set(gcf, 'PaperSize', [11.7 9.0]); set(gcf, 'PaperPosition',[0.0 0.0 11.7 9.0]);