Re: Does the canvas support rotated text

[Federico Mena Quintero <federico nuclecu unam mx>]

>  Is it possible to use rotated text on the canvas?  Eg. the baseline is
>  rotated 90 degrees so that the text reads vertically.
>  
>  I know that the capability to do this isn't standard X, but it would 
>  really be useful.

Currently the canvas cannot do that (yes, X sucks) :-)  Once the Gnome
font system Raph is developing is finished, it will allow for rotated
text and all sorts of neat stuff as well.

  Federico