Diagonal text (n.2)

[Joseph Wright]

On 26/05/2019 14:52, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> Very simple in LaTeX:
> 
>   https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/example-of-rotated-text-in-latex/fkmpsbztrxmv
> 
> but how about the same in plain TeX?  I suppose box rotating is involving, but
> in TeXBook I don't see anything about \hboxes or \vboxes rotation...
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Rodolfo

Rotation requires \special's, which therefore don't get mentioned in The 
TeXbook. One could do the grind oneself, but easier is to use the 
generic ability of the LaTeX graphicx package:

\input graphicx %
\rotatebox{45}{foo}
\bye

Joseph