AW: vertical text?

[Paul Richards]

Not sure if this is of any help, but I came across a course by Livecode where they guide you through creating a rotating text Widget. 

https://livecode.com/courses/extension-course/  | https://livecode.com/lessons/rotated-text-widget/ 

You might need to be logged into LC page 


-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Sent: 12 April 2017 16:14
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Cc: jonathandlynch at gmail.com; hh <hh at hyperhh.de>
Subject: Re: AW: vertical text?

Having rotated text with transparent backgrounds could be very nice :)

I was just suggesting the browser widget as the cheap and easy way.



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On Apr 12, 2017, at 10:37 AM, hh via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

>> Jonathan L. wrote:
>> This is also easy to do in a browser widget, if you don't mind the 
>> "always on top" aspect of browser widgets.
> 
> Right, but only to a certain degree.
> 
> LC Builder has _a lot_ of possibilities different from using the 
> javascript of a browser widget.
> 
> The very basic widget linked above, for example ...
> ... allows the user to select _any_ textfont on _his_ system or 
> available in the stack.
> ... can have everything outside the rotated box transparent.
> 
> Both is not doable in a browser widget (and not by _any_ browser).
> 
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