Index: ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbsetr.f
===================================================================
--- ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbsetr.f	2005-08-12 16:24:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbsetr.f	2005-08-12 20:55:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ C
 C
 C Declare the common block where internal parameters are stored.
 C
-        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB
+        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB,SOLB
         SAVE   /LBCOMN/
 C
 C Declare the block data routine external to force it to load.
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ C
           WOFL=MAX(0.,RVAL)
         ELSE IF (WHCH(1:3).EQ.'WLB'.OR.WHCH(1:3).EQ.'wlb') THEN
           WOLB=MAX(0.,RVAL)
+        ELSE IF (WHCH(1:3).EQ.'SLB'.OR.WHCH(1:3).EQ.'slb') THEN
+          SOLB=MAX(0.,RVAL)
         ELSE
           CTMP(1:36)='LBSETR - PARAMETER NAME NOT KNOWN - '
           CTMP(37:39)=WHCH(1:3)
Index: ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lblbar.f
===================================================================
--- ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lblbar.f	2005-08-12 16:19:56.000000000 +0000
+++ ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lblbar.f	2005-11-28 19:20:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ C
 C
 C Declare the common block where internal parameters are stored.
 C
-        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB
+        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB,SOLB
         SAVE   /LBCOMN/
 C
 C Declare the block data routine external to force it to load.
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ C
      +          WCHR=MIN(WCHR,WCHO*((1.-XPB1)/(DSTR+WCHO)))
                 IF (XPB1-XPLL.LT.DRLL+DSTL+2.*WCHO)
      +          WCHR=MIN(WCHR,WCHO*((XPB1-XPLL)/(DRLL+DSTL+2.*WCHO)))
+                IF (SOLB.GT.0) WCHR=SOLB
                 HMAX=MAX(HMAX,DSTB+DSTT+WCHO)*(WCHR/WCHO)
               ELSE
                 IF ((1.-WSFB)*WSOB.LT.RMUL*(DSTL+DSTR+2.*WCHO))
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ C
      +          WCHR=MIN(WCHR,WCHO*((1.-YPB1)/(DSTT+.5*WCHO)))
                 IF (YPB1-YPLL.LT.DTLL+DSTB+WCHO)
      +          WCHR=MIN(WCHR,WCHO*((YPB1-YPLL)/(DTLL+DSTB+WCHO)))
+                IF (SOLB.GT.0) WCHR=SOLB
               END IF
               XPLL=XPB1
               YPLL=YPB1
Index: ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbgetr.f
===================================================================
--- ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbgetr.f	2005-08-12 16:24:08.000000000 +0000
+++ ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbgetr.f	2005-08-12 20:54:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ C
 C
 C Declare the common block where internal parameters are stored.
 C
-        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB
+        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB,SOLB
         SAVE   /LBCOMN/
 C
 C Declare the block data routine external to force it to load.
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ C
           RVAL=WOFL
         ELSE IF (WHCH(1:3).EQ.'WLB'.OR.WHCH(1:3).EQ.'wlb') THEN
           RVAL=WOLB
+        ELSE IF (WHCH(1:3).EQ.'SLB'.OR.WHCH(1:3).EQ.'slb') THEN
+          RVAL=SOLB
         ELSE
           CTMP(1:36)='LBGETR - PARAMETER NAME NOT KNOWN - '
           CTMP(37:39)=WHCH(1:3)
Index: ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbblda.f
===================================================================
--- ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbblda.f	2005-08-12 16:28:35.000000000 +0000
+++ ncarg2d/src/libncarg/labelbar/lbblda.f	2005-08-12 20:55:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ C parameters for LBLBAR.
 C
 C Declare the common block where internal parameters are stored.
 C
-        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB
+        COMMON /LBCOMN/ ICBL,ICFL,ICLB,WOBL,WOFL,WOLB,SOLB
         SAVE   /LBCOMN/
 C
 C ICBL is the color index to be used for box lines.  A negative value
@@ -64,4 +64,11 @@ C than or equal to zero implies that lin
 C
         DATA WOLB / 0. /
 C
+C SOLB is the desired size of the characters to be used when plotting
+C labels (which will only affect characters drawn by software).  A
+C value less than or equal to zero implies that the character size is
+C determined automatically.
+C
+        DATA SOLB / 0. /
+C
       END