AMT Datasouth 600 manual Rotate a Text Object

Rotate a Text Object

Label Output PALTM Command Sequences

1 "

Hello World!

Hello World!

1 "

/Sans12.00pt findfont

12scalefont setfont

7272 moveto (Hello World!) show

7268 moveto

14468 lineto

3030 moveto

25830 lineto

258258 lineto

30258 lineto closepath stroke

7290 moveto

90rotate

(Hello World!) show -90 rotate

1_showpages

Purpose: Demonstrate how to rotate text. This example builds on the previous example by placing another instance of “Hello World!” rotated 90 degrees.

moveto - Position the drawing cursor at the desired location

The text will be located at the same x position and slightly higher in the y direction relative to the previous text.

rotate - Rotate the coordinate system

In this example the coordinate system is rotated 90 degrees. Since the entire drawing surface is being rotated, it is important to reset the rotation by the same amount in the opposite direction (- 90 degrees) after text has been placed.

show - Place the text on the label

The text to be printed is enclosed by parentheses. The lower left-hand corner of the text is placed at the current cursor position.

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