jnp@daimi.UUCP (J|rgen N|rgaard) (09/16/87)
Hello everybody !
Does anybody have an idea how MacDraw (for example) handles text-rotation ?
I suppose it is handled in another than than just rotating the bit images.
Any ideas will be welcome
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Regards J|rgen N|rgaard
e-mail: jnp@daimi.UUCP
or ....{seismo!}mcvax!diku!daimi!jnpjww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) (09/17/87)
In article <925@daimi.UUCP>, jnp@daimi.UUCP (J|rgen N|rgaard) writes: > Hello everybody ! > > Does anybody have an idea how MacDraw (for example) handles text-rotation ? > I suppose it is handled in another than than just rotating the bit images. Nope, MacDraw rotates the bit images, which is why you can look at it and see it on an ImageWriter. However, it also includes TextBegin and TextEnd picture comments, so that it can later rotate it back to normal (editable) text, and so the LaserWriter driver can recognize it as a rotated string rather than just bits. See Macintosh Technical Notes #27 and #91. -- Joel West (c/o UCSD) Palomar Software, Inc., P.O. Box 2635, Vista, CA 92083 {ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!jww jww@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu or ihnp4!crash!palomar!joel joel@palomar.cts.com