>>>>You need to use a TrueType font. MS Sans Serif is not a true type font.
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>>>That indeed seems to be the case, but is this documented somewhere?
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>>Not that I'm aware of, but if you think about it, how could a bitmapped font be rotated (easily) to do what you want?
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>That's why I write database programs instead of graphics programs. I let the smart folks figure those questions out. :-)
I didn't used to have ANY gray hair until I got involved in DB programming. Maybe I ought to go back to the real-time, process control industry again. I didn't have any gray hair when my code used to monitor nuke plants and oil refineries. ;)