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rotateElement
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Rotates content without affecting layout.

Rotates an element by a given angle. The layout will act as if the element was not rotated.

Example

#stack(
  dir: ltr,
  spacing: 1fr,
  ..range(16)
    .map(i => rotate(24deg * i)[X]),
)
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Parameters
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angle
angle
Positional
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Settable
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The amount of rotation.

Default: 0deg

View example
#rotate(-1.571rad)[Space!]
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origin
alignment
Settable
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The origin of the rotation.

If, for instance, you wanted the bottom left corner of the rotated element to stay aligned with the baseline, you would set it to bottom + left instead.

Default: center + horizon

View example
#set text(spacing: 8pt)
#let square = square.with(width: 8pt)

#box(square())
#box(rotate(30deg, origin: center, square()))
#box(rotate(30deg, origin: top + left, square()))
#box(rotate(30deg, origin: bottom + right, square()))
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body
content
RequiredPositional
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The content to rotate.