function big_legend(fontsize,placement,varargin)

% function big_legend(fontsize,placement,varargin)
% varargin requires input of the form 'text1','text2','text3'

nn = nargin-2;
addtext=['\fontname{Helvetica}\fontsize{' num2str(fontsize) '}'];

for (i=1:nn)
  [m n(i)]=size(varargin{i});
end
maxlen=max(n);

for i=1:nn
  sumtext(i,:)=[addtext varargin{i} blanks(maxlen-n(i))];
end

legend(sumtext,placement);
