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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