Quick, basic HTML question- please help!

[Gustaffo]

Can anybody tell me how to sort out this problem... I have a myspace page, and i have recently added an object from the 'last.fm' website called a 'quilt'. The quilt is effectively just an object that sits on the page. The object is thin, and i want to be able to run text down the right hand side of the object, just to save some space on the page. If my description wasn't very enlightening (and i apoligise but it is a tad late!) then you can always visit my page here- http://www.myspace.com/gustaffo. It's in the 'about me' section.

It would be brilliant if somebody could tell me how this is done. Thanks.

[WebJoel]

Is the URL that you gave accurate? I'm running nearly as fast as a T1 and this took over 30-seconds and nothing was shown except a 'wait' icon... :confused:

[Gustaffo]

It works for me...

[WebJoel]

works for me now too (myspace.com must have been swamped...) :D

[Gustaffo]

Any ideas then?

[WebJoel]

I do not beleive that there are standards for encoding text to display vertical unless you somehow used traditional Chinese.
If there are, the standard would be scantily supported, -if at all. You might be able to do this using a *pdf or image file and showing the output turned 90-degrees sideways (sounds unweildy). There *might be* a javascript solution, -novelty that this would be. I have a snippette of *js that makes text appear 'backwards' and 'forwards' again on-click... and like vertical text I can't really find a use for it (although vertical text might make for good 'image copyright' information).

edit:

found this (not tested myself)

verticaltext {
writing-mode: tb-rl;
filter: flipV flipH;
}

And of course, -the ever-able Stu Nicholls has something tht does work:

http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/vertical.html