set term post enha colo 20 set out "pdisp.eps" set xlabel "q" set ylabel "frequency (THz)" set xrange [0:4.47091] set yrange [0:*] set grid xtics # {/Symbol G} will give you letter gamma in the label set xtics ("{/Symbol G}" 0, "X" 0.707107, "W" 1.06066, "K" 1.23744, "{/Symbol G}" 2.156, "L" 3.02202, "U" 3.32821, "W" 3.50498, "L" 3.85854, "K/U" 4.16472, "X" 4.47091) unset key plot "disp.dat" u 4:5 w l lt 1,\ "" u 4:6 w l lt 1,\ "" u 4:7 w l lt 1