How do I rotate individual letters and keep them flowing left-to-right?

Question

I am trying to get a string with each individual letter rotated 90 degrees; however, I want to keep the \"flow\" of letters going left-to-right, not vertical. I also want to

Answer 1

my CSS:

<style>
span[class^="rot"]:not([char]):before{
content: '\27b7'; }
span[class^="rot"][char]:before{content: attr(char);}
span[class^="rot"] { position: relative; }
span[class^="rot"]:before {
 position: relative; display: inline-block;
 font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height:16px;
 font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
 margin:0;padding:0;
 width:16px;height:16px;
}
.rot-90:before { transform: rotate(-90deg); }
.rot90:before  { transform: rotate(90deg); }
.rot45:before { transform: rotate(45deg); }
.rot-45:before { transform: rotate(-45deg); }
.rot180:before { transform: rotate(180deg); }
</style>
<p>
A long time <span class=rot90 style="color: green"></span> ago  in a  
<span class=rot-45 char="G"></span>alax<span class=rot180 char="y"></span> 
&nbsp; <span class=rot-90 char="F"></span>ar far 
a<span class=rot45 char="w"></span>way

Answer 2

This works in latest version of chrome

<span style="color:#000; display: inline-block; max-width: 10px;">
A B C
</span>

only wrote the innermost span though

Answer 3

Pure CSS:

<div class="letters">
    <span>A</span><span>B</span><span>C</span>
</div>​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

.letters {
    height:8px;
    line-height:16px;
    border-bottom:1px solid green;
    position:relative;
}
.letters > span {
    float:left;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
}​

Demo

Answer 4

Here's some js that should do the trick: http://jsfiddle.net/AYGDR/8/

$(function() {
    $(".target").html(("<span>" + $(".target").html().split(" ").join("</span><span>") + "</span>"));
    var rotate = 0;
    $(".target span").each(function() {
        rotate = rotate - 90
        $(this).css({
            "-webkit-transform": "rotate(" + rotate + "deg)",
            "display": "inline-block"
        });
    });
});

And I accidentally threw in some bonus shifting rotation since I imagined that was part of the question.