# TextOrientationSpan.Sideways

Artifact: [androidx.text:text-vertical](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/text) [View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/text/vertical/Orientations.kt+class:androidx.text.vertical.TextOrientationSpan.Sideways) Added in [1.0.0-beta03](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/text#1.0.0-beta03)

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```
public final class TextOrientationSpan.Sideways implements TextOrientationSpan
```

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A span that forces the enclosed text to be displayed in a sideways orientation (`https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/text/vertical/TextOrientation#Sideways`) within a vertical text layout.

This is useful for orienting text horizontally when the surrounding text is vertical.

| See also |
|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/text/vertical/TextOrientation#Sideways` |   |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout` |   |

## Summary

| ### Public constructors |
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| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/text/vertical/TextOrientationSpan.Sideways#Sideways()()` |

## Public constructors

### Sideways

Added in [1.0.0-beta03](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/text#1.0.0-beta03)

```
public Sideways()
```