# Rotating text "|" vs rotating line

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**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Tags:** homework\
**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/rotating-text-vs-rotating-line/37762 "2022-06-29T19:50:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/rotating-text-vs-rotating-line/37762/9 "2022-06-29T21:01:53Z")

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> [@Erif](#):
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> That was similar to what I had tried before however there’s some sort of ‘drag’ produced when rotating the keyboard bar (as it grows in size) that I don’t get with the line… will keep trying!

See:

> [@Blurry Text Solution](https://discourse.processing.org/t/blurry-text-solution/11293):
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> I was using different text sizes in a recent project and was getting blurry fonts. I solve this issue by setting the largest text size in setup() and problem solved! Here is the code I used to test this: /\* Project: Blurry Text Author: GLV Date: 2019-05-15 Version: 01 \*/ void settings() { size(1024, 768, P3D); } void setup() { textSize(128); // Set to largest text size used to prevent blurring of text } void draw() { background(0); text24(); t…

It’s a cool effect but not always intentional.

Before:  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/a/6/a66f5367083c989697f6290eaf5e83adb5e8c5a5.png)

After… with `text(100)` in `setup()`:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/4/1/41bffc3346b822bf17842713ca9566c8b7c6bc52.png)

`:)`

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