Re: rotated text and \setuppapersize

Re: rotated text and \setuppapersize

[Hans Hagen]

At 09:18 AM 3/20/2002 -0600, Bill McClain wrote:
>I'm trying to make a tall thin page with text rotated, as on the spine
>of a book. This almost works:
>
>     \definepapersize[Spine][height=0.5625in, width=9in]
>     \setuppapersize[Spine,270][Spine,landscape]
>
>The text is oriented correctly, and I can tell by the background color
>that it is trying to make a page 0.5625in wide. However, the pdf
>document is really 9x9in, rather than the 0.5625in wide 9in tall page I
>would like.

... due to the landscape

Anyhow, how about a minimalistic approach:

\starttext

\startTEXpage
   \rotate
     [height=0.5625in,width=9in]
     {\definedfont[SerifBold at 36pt]A very nice title}%
\stopTEXpage

\stoptext

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rotated text and \setuppapersize

[Bill McClain]

I'm trying to make a tall thin page with text rotated, as on the spine
of a book. This almost works:

    \definepapersize[Spine][height=0.5625in, width=9in]
    \setuppapersize[Spine,270][Spine,landscape]

The text is oriented correctly, and I can tell by the background color
that it is trying to make a page 0.5625in wide. However, the pdf
document is really 9x9in, rather than the 0.5625in wide 9in tall page I
would like.

Can this be done with \setuppapersize, or other means? Do I have to use
metapost?

-Bill

Re: rotated text and \setuppapersize

[Bill McClain]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> Anyhow, how about a minimalistic approach:
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \startTEXpage
>    \rotate
>      [height=0.5625in,width=9in]
>      {\definedfont[SerifBold at 36pt]A very nice title}%
> \stopTEXpage
> 
> \stoptext

That looks promising! But I can't find \def\rotate anywhere. Is there a
way to get 270 rotation instead of 90?

-Bill

Re: rotated text and \setuppapersize

[Hans Hagen]

At 02:18 PM 3/20/2002 -0600, Bill McClain wrote:
>Hans Hagen wrote:
> > Anyhow, how about a minimalistic approach:
> >
> > \starttext
> >
> > \startTEXpage
> >    \rotate
> >      [height=0.5625in,width=9in]
> >      {\definedfont[SerifBold at 36pt]A very nice title}%
> > \stopTEXpage
> >
> > \stoptext
>
>That looks promising! But I can't find \def\rotate anywhere. Is there a
>way to get 270 rotation instead of 90?

rotation=270

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