# vtkTextActor + orientation = please help

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtktextactor-orientation-please-help/8370
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtktextactor-orientation-please-help/8370 "2022-04-25T12:11:04Z")
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### Author: ![Olivier](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/d2c977/32.png) [@Olivier](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Olivier)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtktextactor-orientation-please-help/8370/1 "2022-04-25T12:11:04Z")

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Hi friend,

I’m using `vtkTextActor` to display very basic text inside a scene.  
I want to orient the text, so I’m using `vtkTextActor.SetOrientation`

Here a sample of what I get by creating an actor for each angle from 0 to 90 step 5 :  
Scale mode is SCALE\_MODE\_NONE.  
Justifications are CENTERED both V & H.  
AttachmentPoint is (0, 0, 0)

![Text orientations](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4be70d866d8dd1599c97a5534e9021abb48f19b8.jpeg)

Has you can see, there are several issues :

- Some angles are not correct
- Text size is changed

Can anyone give me some help on this one please ?  
😉