\documentclass[varwidth=true, border=2pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{helvet} \usepackage[eulergreek]{sansmath} \pgfplotsset{ tick label style = {font=\sansmath\sffamily}, every axis label/.append style={font=\sffamily\footnotesize}, } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ % legend pos=south west, axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, % grid = major, width=10cm, height=6.4cm, % grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin=-6, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax= 6, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin=-0.25, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 36, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate % axis background/.style={fill=white}, xtick = {-6, -4,..., 6}, ytick = {0, 5,..., 35}, tick align=outside, enlargelimits=true, tension=0.08] \addplot[domain=-6:6, red, thick,samples=200] {x*x}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}