# Reversed upside-down text on vtkCubeAxesActor

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/reversed-upside-down-text-on-vtkcubeaxesactor/6392
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 16, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/reversed-upside-down-text-on-vtkcubeaxesactor/6392 "2021-08-16T23:56:00Z")
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### Author: ![Tomasso](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/tomasso/32/5786_2.png) [@Tomasso](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Tomasso)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/reversed-upside-down-text-on-vtkcubeaxesactor/6392/1 "2021-08-16T23:56:00Z")

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I’m using VTK 8.2. When I display axes titles and tick  
labels on vtkCubeAxesActor, the text is reversed and upside-down. What could cause this?

```auto
  axesActor_ = vtkSmartPointer<vtkCubeAxesActor>::New();
  int use3D = 0;
  axesActor_->SetUseTextActor3D(use3D);
  axesActor_->SetXTitle("Easting");
  axesActor_->SetYTitle("Northing");
  axesActor_->SetZTitle("Depth");

```

 ![graphic](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a07ce4d331eb882b647d9b9036c7210528c84343.jpeg)

Thanks  
Tom