Rotated text spacing issue

General
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Hey guys… I’ve been trying to display some rotated text labels (with short dates) using a string shape, rotating it and drawing it to a canvas… but the spacing of the text seems uneven… (before the “/” seems to be an extra space where there is not… ) I know this is probably a consequence of the rotation… ? but can it be improved ?

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3LQKr6mspNPUEpjS3Z3X3UySXM

Any ideas ?

Ps: This is the code…

g.AntiAlias = True Dim s as New StringShape s.VerticalAlignment = StringShape.Alignment.BaseLine s.HorizontalAlignment=StringShape.Alignment.Left s.Text = tituloCol s.TextFont = "System" s.TextSize = 10 s.Bold = True s.Y = 0 s.X = 0 s.Rotation = 0.785 // (radians, 90 degrees = pi/2) g.DrawObject(s, nLeft+BarSeparation+3, self.Height-marginBottom+7 )

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What kind of results do you get by drawing the text to a picture and rotating the picture?

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I don’t know… I didn’t try :slight_smile:
Is it done very different from drawing to a 2d obj ?
Let me see…

5

Well… using an intemediate picture doesn’t have the spacing issue but the text looks a bit blurred…

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3LQKr6mspNPeklLdmxqRUotQUk

6

Fuzziness has always been a problem with rotated stringshapes. However, I’ve had very good results by drawing the text at double size and then scaling the picture back down.

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At small point size, pixels are too big to obtain a precise spacing. Indeed, drawing at twice or four times the size incures a much better result. Incidentally, with HiDPI support, it is possible to draw directly at scale 2x.

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I will try that, thanks !!!