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Asked: 2026-05-30T21:39:55+00:00

I am trying to rotate some text 90 degrees anticlockwise.. So far the only

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I am trying to rotate some text 90 degrees anticlockwise..

So far the only way seems to be to use the DXImageTransform filter.

filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=3);

See the following live example:

http://jsfiddle.net/jzSZE/1/

When viewing this in IE8 the text is blurred almost beyond comprehension:

enter image description here

In IE writing-mode can rotate clockwise fine without any artifacts but not anticlockwise! So this feels like the rendering engine must be able to do it.

What am I missing? Is there any way to rotate text in this way in IE without this bluring artifact?

I only need to support IE8+ if that helps.

Thanks for any help

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  1. Editorial Team

    The effect you see is not blurring, but text pixelation. When a filter is applied, in some combinations of IE/WinOS, the text anti-aliasing get switched off producing the corrupt-looking image.

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