Top-down text in LaTeX

Question

I'm trying to write top-down text along side a float. Some thing like this

S
O
M
E
-
T
E
X
T

I could find the \rotatebox and tikz draw along text routines, but they rotate the characters too.

see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/122466/vertical-text-not-in-table/122471#122471 — David Carlisle, Sep 18 '13 at 17:34
Could you be more precise about what you mean with "alongside a float"? — egreg, Sep 18 '13 at 17:37

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '17 at 18:39

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a minimalist solution which requires separate characters with a space

\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}[t]{1em}
B O N J O U R
~\\
H E L L O
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.99\textwidth}
l\lipsum[1]
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

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edited Jun 12 '17 at 18:39

David Carlisle

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answered Sep 18 '13 at 18:40

rpapa

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Very nice trick. – Przemysław Scherwentke Oct 18 '13 at 06:19

Top-down text in LaTeX

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