Thanks for that Wolfgang. It doesn't seem to work though. The text stays at the left.
Meantime I have tried two other approaches. Only an approach using a \framed handles longer lines. My problem with the 3. \framed approach is: how do I get the size of the current table cell? In the MWE I used fixed values, in the actual document that would not be good - too many different cells. I am trying a further approach using MetaPost and OverlayBox. Seems possible (line wrapping also an issue), but quite involved... Thanks, Martin New MWS: \setupTABLE[c][1][width=20mm] \setupTABLE[c][2,3][width=30mm] \setupTABLE[r][1][height= 50mm,align={lohi}] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD \dontleavehmode{\rotate{1. a bit more text again, entering the age of long sentences}} \eTD \bTD \hbox to \dimexpr(.5\lineheight+.5\hsize){\hss{\rotate{2. a bit more text again, and see if linebreaking works}}} \eTD \bTD \rotate[rotation=90,location=depth]{\framed[frame=on,align={lohi,middle},width=\dimexpr(\o verlaywidth-05pt),width=48mm,height=29mm]{3. even more huge text, wondering where the rabbit runs)}} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE On Wed, 2019-06-12 at 22:23 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Martin Althoff schrieb am 12.06.2019 um 13:11: > > I am trying to align rotated text horizontally and vertically in a table > > cell. Vertically > > is no problem, horizontally it fails. Non-rotated text is, of course, fine. > > > > What can I do to fix the problem? Thanks for suggestions. > > > > Martin > > > > using: mtx-context | current version: 2019.05.18 10:42 > > PDF of my output is attached. > > > > MWE: > > > > \starttext > > \setupTABLE[c][1][width=7mm] > > \setupTABLE[c][2][width=30mm] > > \setupTABLE[r][each][align={lohi,middle},height= 50mm] > > > > \bTABLE > > \bTR > > \bTD \rotate[270]{\switchtobodyfont[8pt]a bit more text} \eTD > > \bTD \dontleavehmode\rotate[...]{...} \eTD > > Wolfgang > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________