# When I rotate text 90 degrees it disappears. How do I rotate text?

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**Created:** [January 19, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-i-rotate-text-90-degrees-it-disappears-how-do-i-rotate-text/21992 "2019-01-19T02:37:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaddcharbonneau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chaddcharbonneau/32/7476_2.png) [@chaddcharbonneau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chaddcharbonneau)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-i-rotate-text-90-degrees-it-disappears-how-do-i-rotate-text/21992/6 "2019-01-19T20:12:54Z")

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I used the code found here:

> [@Label text horizontal direction alignment bug](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-text-horizontal-direction-alignment-bug/12734):
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> Hi, Hopefully I'm just doing something wrong... I'm trying to create a left-aligned, horizontal-up direction, static text using a Label component. I've set the Rotation property to 270° and set the horizontal alignment to Left. The text is horizontal, however the text is a huge distance away from the bottom of the label bounding box. When I say huge distance, I'm talking close to an inch! (for my resolution and height of text box) Visually, it looks like it's in the centre of the top and bott…

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