Re: Is it possible make an arbitrarily oriented text?

[Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com>]

You can use the text with outline tool - this has a rotation property you can adjust.  If you don't want outlined text you can set the outline and fill to the same color.  By its nature this doesn't work as well with small text fonts.

M

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Jianbao Tao <jianbao tao gmail com> wrote:

Hello folks,

I am wondering if it is possible to make a line of text oriented in an arbitrary angle? The reason I want this is to make a message aligned with an oblique arrow. Moreover, I think this is a very useful feature for adding text to a diagram, unless there is a very good reason not to make text oblique in a diagram, which I don't know of and would love to hear.

Thank you very much.

Jianbao
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