Does Xprint/Xprt support font rotation ?
Yes – Xprint/Xprt supports font rotation at any angle via the matrix XLFD enhancement (this even works for printer-builtin fonts !!). For details see the paper “New Font Technology for X11R6” by Nathan Meyers (a copy can be found in the Xprint.org source tree under xc/doc/hardcopy/XLFD/x11r6_fonts_94_paper.PS.