Re: [Freetype] Strange text rotation problem

[David Turner]

Hello,

This looks like a known bug of FreeType 2.1.3, please update to a more
recent version on all machines.

Hope this helps,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)


Drew Folta wrote:
> I've run into this as well, when using the library directly from C.  It
> gave me this behaviour when using FT_Set_Transform(), which appeared to
> rotate the baseline once, and the individual glyphs twice.  Try it with
> other rotation angles, such as 30 degrees, and you'll see what I mean.
>
> Drew Folta
>
>
> Robert Meador said:
>
> > I'm using PHP 4.2.3, GD lib 2.0+, Freetype enabled.
> >
> > On my local test server, using imagettftext(), text is properly rotated
> > 90 degrees counterclockwise. On my remote server (PHP set up by the
> > admin, not me), the line of text rotates 90 degrees, but then the
> > individual characters rotate an ADDITIONAL 90 degrees so the letters are
> > stacked upside down.
> >
> > So what should look like this (with your head tilted to the left):
> >
> > Some text
> >
> > Displays like this (when you're standing on your head):
> >
> > S
> > o
> > m
> > e
> >
> > t
> > e
> > x
> > t
> >
> > Anyone ever run across this one?
> >
> > - Bob Meador
> >
> >
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