 <p>You can use <code>sprintf</code> and <code>\n</code> to get multiple lines. The additional <code>HorizontalAlignment</code>-property aligns the text horizontally. Then you just need to fine fine-tune the overall position.</p> <pre><code>f = figure('menu','none','toolbar','none'); txt = sprintf('Line 1\nA longer line 2\nLine 3'); uicontrol('Style','text','Position',[30 45 180 40],'String',txt,... 'HorizontalAlignment','left'); </code></pre> <p><em>This looks like this:</em></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hcIwa.png" alt="pic1"></p>