MS Graph: Rotated Text Appears Distorted

ID: Q96031

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Graph for Windows, version 3.0b
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Text attached to the X, Y, or Z axis of a chart created in Microsoft Graph version 3.0b may appear distorted when the chart is embedded in any OLE client application. This distortion occurs when all the following requirements are met:

The target printer driver in the client application is version

    31.V1.08 of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet 4 driver.

The text orientation involves rotating each character 90 degrees.
The font selected is one of the TrueType or vector fonts that ships with Windows version 3.1.
The graph has been edited and updated at least twice.

Microsoft Graph version 3.0b ships with Microsoft PowerPoint version 3.0 for Windows.

To work around this problem, format the text with any other TrueType font, aside from those that originally shipped with Windows 3.1.

MORE INFORMATION

This font distortion may appear as a font remapping or in some cases text may disappear altogether.

After you first create a graph with the above characteristics, you can embed the object in the client application properly. However, if you subsequently edit and update that object, the distortion appears.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 1. Open any OLE client application on a system that has Microsoft
    Graph version 3.0b installed.

 2. From the File menu, choose Print Setup.

 3. Select the LaserJet 4 version 31.V1.08 driver.

 4. From the Edit menu, choose Insert Object.

 5. Select Microsoft Graph Object.

 6. In the Chart window, click the X axis.

 7. From the Format menu, choose Text.

 8. Select either of the two orientations that involve rotating each
    character 90 degrees and choose the OK button.

 9. With the X axis still selected, choose Font from the Format menu,
    change to any of the original Windows 3.1 TrueType or vector
    fonts, and choose the OK button.

10. From the File menu, choose Exit And Return To <DocumentName>.

11. Once the updated embedded Graph object appears in the client

    application, double-click it to invoke a second editing session of
    the object.

    The text attached to the X axis now appears distorted.

Updating this graph object to the client application causes the distortion to appear there as well.

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Additional reference words: 3.00 true type

Last Reviewed: September 10, 1996