How to draw a vertical string?

I use Graphics2D to draw a 2D graph with x-axis and y-axis. I would like to put the name of the y-axis vertically along the y-axis. This means I need to rotate my drawString 90 degrees. How can we do that? I would be very thankful if anyone can help me out.
Thank you

I had the same problem when I started developing JFreeChart:
http://www.object-refinery.com/jfreechart/index.html
Here is the code I use:
     * A utility method for drawing rotated text.
     * <P>
     * A common rotation is -Math.PI/2 which draws text 'vertically' (with the top of the
     * characters on the left).
     * @param text The text.
     * @param g2 The graphics device.
     * @param x The x-coordinate.
     * @param y The y-coordinate.
     * @param rotation The clockwise rotation (in radians).
    public static void drawRotatedString(String text, Graphics2D g2,
                                         float x, float y, double rotation) {
        AffineTransform saved = g2.getTransform();
        AffineTransform rotate = AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(rotation, x, y);
        g2.transform(rotate);
        g2.drawString(text, x, y);
        g2.setTransform(saved);
    }Regards,
Dave Gilbert
JFreeChart Project Leader

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