If the text background color is consistent, it should be fakeble in image. Otherwise I'd reckon it requires more BitBlt fixes.
Ok, converting the string morph to a bitmap works indeed. The text is readable. However the transparency does not work. I hope the VM gets fixed :-)
Look at the text in a rotated browser first, that's the result you can expect. Basic way would be to instead of rendering the text glyphs rotated, render the glyphs on top of a bitmap of the proper rotated background, then rotate that opaque bitmap instead. Not a perfect solution by any means, but it can be done if you're desperate enough... waiting for VM fixes can take a looooong time :(
Are there any examples for that? Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch