Re: Rotated text in graphics
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg7855] Re: Rotated text in graphics
- From: lischka at physics.utexas.edu (Markus Lischka)
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 02:01:37 -0400
- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
> In the book, the output cell shows the words "Some Text" rotated as if the
> whole block were rotated. Thus, by turning your head a bit, it reads
> easily.
>
> When I do this command on my Macintosh, the text show up like this:
>
> t
> x
> e
> t
>
> e
> m
> o
> S
>
> That is, the direction of printing is rotated, but each individual letter
> is unrotated.
>
> How can I get Mathematica to rotate text the way shows it in the book?
I was puzzled by this problem a while ago. The staggered text turns into
properly rotated text once it is printed (on a postscript printer, don't
know about QuickDraw). Mathematica seems to use this staggering only for
screen display, and I didn't find any way to change this screen behavior.
Markus
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