Re: Drawing Text on its side in BC++?

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From: John Grant
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:18

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In article <C17xG3.DMw@cs.uiuc.edu> greco@cs.uiuc.edu (Steven Greco) writes:
>I need to draw text on its side and was wondering if it is possible to
>do this with Borland C++ and owl.  Right now I am using DrawText to draw
>my text, but it just produces normal text, not text on its side.  Is this
>possible?  Is there any way to rotate a bitmap possibly?
	You must create a new HFONT with the required angle.  The
	angle is the .lfEscapment member of a LOGFONT.
	Not all fonts can be rotated (i.e. bitmapped fonts).  However,
	all TrueType fonts can be rotated.  I just use "Arial" as
	my default font for graphics.
-- 
John A. Grant						jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa

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