[cl-typesetting-devel] How does rotation work?

[Marc Battyani]

Peter Seibel wrote:

Hi Peter,

Sorry for the long reply delay, I'm just coming back from backpacking in the
Alps :-)

> I'm trying to set set a block of text rotated 90 degrees but the
> rotation seems to rotate the box right off the page. Around what axis
> does pdf:rotate rotate stuff? Or more to the point, what's the
> easiest way to draw a block at a particular place but rotated 90
> degrees?

You can use the rotation parameter of draw-block. The rotation is around the
top left corner of the block IIRC.

Marc