scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones) (01/26/89)
I've just started using X and I have a question about drawing text: is there a simple way to change the text path (e.g. I want the characters to go down the page rather than from left to right), and is there a simple way to rotate characters (just 90 degree rotations are sufficient for now). Any help would be much appreciated. ---- Larry Jones UUCP: uunet!sdrc!scjones SDRC scjones@sdrc.UU.NET 2000 Eastman Dr. BIX: ltl Milford, OH 45150 AT&T: (513) 576-2070 "When all else fails, read the directions."
kit@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) (02/07/89)
> I've just started using X and I have a question about drawing > text: is there a simple way to change the text path (e.g. I want > the characters to go down the page rather than from left to right), > and is there a simple way to rotate characters (just 90 degree > rotations are sufficient for now). Any help would be much > appreciated. There is no simple way to do any of these things. The main reason comes from the assumption that everything is pixel based in X, thus fonts just tell the server which pixels to turn on and off. This makes rotating text difficult. There is work being done to add a display postscript extension to the server that would make things like this much easier. Chris D. Peterson MIT X Consortium / Project Athena Net: kit@athena.mit.edu Phone: (617) 253 - 1326 USMail: MIT - Room E40-321 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139