gnuplot はそのまま使うと一見して gnuplot で作ったダサい見た目になりがち. 小洒落たスタイルでライバルたちに差をつけろ!!
set terminal pngcairo
set style line 1 lw 2 pt 6 lc rgb "#00aaaa"
set style line 11 lc rgb '#808080' lt 1 lw 3
set border 0 back ls 11
set tics out nomirror
set style line 12 lc rgb '#808080' lt 0 lw 1
set grid back ls 12
set xrange [-4:4]
plot x**3 linestyle 1
$data <<EOD
apple 100
banana 200
candy 250
EOD
# tics style
set style line 11 lc rgb '#808080' lt 1 lw 3
set border 0 back ls 11
set tics out nomirror
set style line 12 lc rgb '#808080' lt 0 lw 1
# grid style
set grid back ls 12
set boxwidth 0.5 relative
set style fill solid 1.0 border lc rgb '#55aaff'
set style line 1 lc rgb '#77ccff'
set yrange [0:300]
set grid ytics
plot $data using 0:2:xticlabel(1) with boxes ls 1 title 'values'