Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!apple.com!casseres From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Text Orientation Message-ID: <9111@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 12 Jul 90 17:46:45 GMT References: Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 13 In article gb2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (George J. Baxter) writes: > I'm writing a plotting routine for a C program, but can't > seem to figure out how to flip the Y axis labelling so that the text is > oriented sideways. Is there a way, and how the heck.. ???? QuickDraw doesn't provide any way of drawing text in any orientation except the usual horizontal one. So what you have to do is draw into the proverbial offscreen bitmap, and then have a routine that copies bits from that bitmap into another one, rotating as it goes. Have fun! David Casseres Exclaimer: Hey!