Re: How do I draw text vertically?

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From: Tom Duenser
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 08:08

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In article <20sis-c@massey.ac.nz> B.R.Foster@massey.ac.nz writes:
>I want to draw text vertically (rotated 90 degrees) for the y-axis of a graph.
>Is there an easy way to do it, other than putting it into a bitmap and
>rotating it, which won't print the font properly on a postscript printer?
>
>Thanks,
>  Brent
>
>B.R.Foster@massey.ac.nz

Create a font with lfEscapement = 900.
This *ONLY* works if GetDeviceCaps(hDC,TEXTCAPS) has the
TC_CR_90 or TC_CR_ANY bits set.

Let me know if you find another way.

Tom
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Tom Duenser                                tom@cophos.co.at        
COPHOS Development Team                    #include <std/disclaim.h>

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