FrameLabel not printing completely

Question

Running this code:

Histogram[{RandomVariate[NormalDistribution[1/4,0.12],100],
 RandomVariate[NormalDistribution[3/4, 0.12], 100]}, 
 Automatic, "Probability", PlotRange -> {{0, 1}, {0, 1}},
 Frame -> True, PlotRangeClipping -> True,
 FrameLabel -> {Style["x axis", 15], Style["probability", 15]}
]

Gives me the following plot:

enter image description here

As you can see, the label on the right ("probability") is not printed correctly. The character "y" is missing. What's going on here?

I am using Mathematica 9.0.0.0. I ran this on two laptops, one with Windows 7 and the other with Windows 8.

Update: Judging by the comments, this seems to be a bug. So now the question becomes: Is there a workaround?

Update: This seems to be bug, so I'll tag as such. In the meantime, see the answers for workarounds.

What version and OS? Does it happen without the Style wrappers? — Brett Champion, Apr 26 '13 at 03:18
@BrettChampion It doesn't happen without the Style wrappers. I edited to include version and OS. — a06e, Apr 26 '13 at 03:38
You should upgrade to 9.0.1.0. It has several bug fixes and improvements over 9.0.0.0 — rm -rf, Apr 26 '13 at 03:49
This happens in version 9.0.1 on Windows 7 x64 too. Adding frame (Framed@Style["probability", 15]) shows that the frame is placed incorrectly: a half of the "y" letter is located outside the frame. — Alexey Popkov, Apr 26 '13 at 04:44
Your code works fine on my Mac 10.6.8 with Mathematica version 9.0.1.0. The "probability" label is entirely visible. — Romke Bontekoe, Apr 26 '13 at 06:15
Happened here in 9.0.1 win7 x64. I encountered similar problems in earlier version too. My workaround is adding some spaces after y: "probability ". — Silvia, Apr 26 '13 at 08:11
@Silvia That works. The only (small) issue is that it missplaces the label a little bit. — a06e, Apr 28 '13 at 15:12
@becko You can add some spaces at the beginning to "center" it. — Silvia, Apr 28 '13 at 15:49

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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This seems to be related to, or a manifestation of:
Poor anti-aliasing in Rotated text with ClearType on

On my system Simon's workaround is successful.
Using Style["probability", 15, FontOpacity -> 0.999]:

enter image description here

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 09:29

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+1 FontOpacity -> 0.999 works here too. – a06e Apr 29 '13 at 17:04
@becko Good. It also improves the quality of the type, at least to my eyes. – Mr.Wizard Apr 29 '13 at 17:09
I have submitted a bug report to Wolfram. Did you submit one on your issue? What did they reply? – a06e Apr 29 '13 at 17:09
@becko I'm using an old version (7). There is really no point in submitting bug reports for old versions. – Mr.Wizard Apr 29 '13 at 17:11
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really? One would think that one of the most valued contributors to our forum has the latest gear! ;) – a06e Apr 29 '13 at 17:18
+1 @becko I think this solution is better/elegant than mine. – Silvia May 01 '13 at 11:25

Silvia · Answer 2 · 2013-04-28T16:18:41.813

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This issue happened for me in 9.0.1 and also some earlier versions.

My crude yet working workaround is adding some spaces after y to force it been displayed entirely, meanwhile also add corresponding spaces before p to keep the word being centrally aligned.

Hope this helps.

edited Apr 28 '13 at 16:18

answered Apr 28 '13 at 16:13

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '13 at 07:34

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When i ran your code on my system it was fine. Version No: 9.0.0.0 Platform: Linux x86(32-bit) So maybe its a windows problem. Try Exporting the image and see if that 'y' is still missing in the exported image.

answered Apr 26 '13 at 07:34

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Interestingly, exporting to .pdf shows no issue. But .png and .jpg have the same problem. – a06e Apr 26 '13 at 16:13

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 10 '13 at 01:56

I got the following reply from Technical Support @ Wolfram:

Hello -

Thank you for your email.

Our developers have created a report on this issue and are investigating the issue.

If you need a workaround for this issue, you have a number of possibilities beyond what is mentioned in the StackExchange thread. You could explicitly specify the FontFamily inside your Style statements:
FrameLabel -> {Style["x axis", 15],
  Style["probability", 15, FontFamily -> "Courier"]}
Or you could change the magnification of the notebook to something larger, which will often fix the problem.

Karl Isensee

Technical Support

Wolfram Research, Inc.

FrameLabel not printing completely

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