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LilyPond gives you the ability to rotate any object you want, particularly markups as showed here. Alternatively, you can use the \column function to display your text vertically without rotating the letters.
LilyPond gives you the ability to rotate any object you want, particularly markups as showed here. Alternatively, you can use the \column function to display your text vertically without rotating the letters.


<lilypond version="2.24.0">
<lilypond version="2.24">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=284
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=284



Revision as of 18:52, 16 November 2025

LilyPond gives you the ability to rotate any object you want, particularly markups as showed here. Alternatively, you can use the \column function to display your text vertically without rotating the letters.

\version "2.24"

%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=284

\relative c' {
  \textLengthOn
  c4^\markup { \rotate #45.0 hello }
  c4^\markup { \rotate #90.0 hello }
  r4
  c4^\markup { \column { h e l l o } }
}