Try this,
rotate = function(x) paste(strsplit(x,"")[[1]],collapse="\n") t <- "this is a text" plot.new() text(1/2,1/2,t) par(lheight=0.8) text(1/2,1/2,rotate(t)) HTH, b. On 13 June 2012 01:49, Stuart Rosen <s.ro...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > For labelling a plot, I am trying to rotate a character string using text() > so that characters are upright and reading down, for example, ... > > L > i > k > e > > t > h > i > s > . > > It appears that par crt does not work with text. Does anyone have any other > suggestions. Thanks! > > Yours - Stuart Rosen > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
