Hi Phil,

Two things bother me about this.  First, you mean "upsidedown" fonts, don't you?
And our problem with having an "upsidedown" font, is that you said it had to be
"selectable"; hence, you need this for every font that a person might have
installed on their Mac; ergo, impossible to use fonts - "upsidedown", "inverted",
or "didlywhoped".  Frankly, I think - was it Peter who suggested? - the mirror is
your best solution; but I think the gWorld solution would work as well, assuming a
direct vertical swap of pixels will provide decent appearing fonts the other way.
I haven't looked into the Text Rotation FNs that - was it Staz? - suggested.  A
definite for an advanced Demo for "the Book", my primary motivation for this
message - to assure you that I am interested if you do happen to check it out.  So
much to do, so little time to do it!

TIA,

Joe Wilkins
General Editor of "FB^3 - the Book"

Phil Yates wrote:

> >> I want to type text into a standard edit field (at the bottom of a 800 x 600
> >> window), and have the text print out inverted in a selectable font at the
> >> top of the screen, so that if the display is on its back, facing upwards,
> >> the text appears the right way up to someone sitting opposite me.
>
> > Create (or acquire) an inverted font and print to screen using it.
>
> > Another idea. Hang a mirror over the screen at an angle of 45° pointing at
> > the person opposite you (fast and cheap).
> >
> > O     /     O
> > |    ___    |
>
> I was aware of the gWorld approach, but the first above is an interesting
> idea. Unfortunately, although cheap and simple, the latter is a non-starter.
> This has to be a portable solution on a powerbook.
>
> Now, anyone have any inverted fonts ?
>
> Phil.
>
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