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Rotating text in groff.

#38
From: James Clark
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1992 09:01
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   Is there a way to have text output rotated by 90 degrees or other
   multiples ?

You can do this with PostScript output by using \X'ps: exec ...' with
the appropriate PostScript code.  You can also use the `aligned'
attribute in pic, but this also only works with PostScript.

James Clark
jjc@jclark.com
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Subject: Rotating text in groff.
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