On Aug 24, 2006, at 20:43 UTC, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> AFAIK when you rotate a stringshape you still are essentially 
rotating a
> picture of the string unfortunately.

Not exactly.  You're updating a vector object which contains the text,
the font information, the position, and the rotation.  But when
*rendering* this vector object, details are up to the renderer.  So
some platforms may be rotating bitmaps, while others use OS support for
drawing rotated strings directly; and even within a platform, it may
depend on the context (e.g. drawing to the screen vs. drawing to a
printer).

Best,
- Joe


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