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From: fgreco@dprg-330.GOVt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Rotating Text
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Date: 19 Nov 90 15:22:18 GMT
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> In article <9011161809.AA13347@islanders.>, fgreco@dprg-330.GOVt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco) writes:
> |> Of course this is trivial in NeWS.
> 
> Of course this is trivial in any high level graphics package available
> for X, including Display PostScript, PEX, PHIGS, and GKS.
> 
	Display PostScript, yes I agree, but can PEX, PHIGS or GKS handle
	the *same* fonts as your printer?  Can they handle a *real*
	vertical font (for international support)?  Can they handle
	rotating fonts at *any* angle, not just in set increments?.

	Frank G.