Re: write text vertically

["Michael Ross" <michael e ross gmail com>]

Write it horizontally, make a screen dump, rotate the image in some other software, and put it back in as a picture is what I have done. (I have a CAD program that lets me write text along a curved spline or around a circle which can be useful.)  With the picture insertion method you are stuck with an opaque background around the text. You can make the inserted picture go to the back and place other shapes and vector entities over it.  You can't do everything this way, but it is useful every now end then

I have been messing around with Inkscape (open source photo editor, and graphics) and it is better at this sort of thing.  It does transparent overlays very nicely.  I think I remember you can rotate text in Inkscape.  Unfortunately, I don't have it on this PC to check it out.   

If Inkscape had easily customizable stencils... Well, if Dia had easily customizable stencils... Really, I am here for the stencils.  MR

On 2/24/07, Gerda Strobl <gerda strobl gmail com> wrote:

Dear list members,

how can I insert a text vertically?

thx,

Gerda
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