I have the following in an environment file. In the document I then \def\workingtitle and \def\workdir, and this text is written in the left margin. I am sure you will get better suggestions from others who actually know what they are doing ... Johan \definecolor[logogray][s=.6] \definelogo [mrc] [footer] [leftmargin] [state=start, command=\hbox to 8.5mm{% \hfill% \vbox to \makeupheight{% \hbox{% \framed [width=8.5mm, background=color, backgroundcolor=black, align={middle,lohi}] {\switchtobodyfont[sans,24pt]\rotate{\white\bf MRC}}} \vfill% \hbox{% \vbox{% \switchtobodyfont[sil-gentium,10pt] \logogray{\rotate{\currentdate \workdir}}} \vbox{% \switchtobodyfont[sil-gentium,10pt] \logogray{\rotate{'\workingtitle' text text text text}}}} \hbox{\vbox to 3mm{}} \hbox{% \framed [width=8.5mm, background=color, backgroundcolor=black, align={middle,lohi}] {\switchtobodyfont[sans,24pt]\rotate{\white\bf MRC}}}} \hfill}] 2006/2/21, Jilani Khaldi :

Hi, In a technical report I need to put a vertical text on every page of the document in the right margin. This 2 lines text should be written in a little font. I have struggled for a while with ConTeXt but could'nt get a good result. Any hint? Thanks! jk

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Hi, I found this solution: \defineoverlay[SN][{\black \scale[factor=300]{\rotate[rotation=90]{~TR-A02-123456~}}}] \setupbackgrounds[text][rightmargin][background=SN] jk