example program with rotated text

rotated-text-example.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *

class Win(QWidget):

    def paintEvent(self, event):

        font = QFont("Bitstream Vera Serif", 50)
        font.setItalic(True)

        painter = QPainter(self)
        painter.setFont(font)

        painter.save()
        painter.translate(100, 450)
        painter.scale(0.7, 0.7)
        painter.rotate(270)
        painter.drawText(0, 0, "Scaled text")
        painter.restore()

        painter.save()
        painter.translate(200, 450)
        painter.rotate(270)
        painter.drawText(0, 0, "Original size")
        painter.restore()

app = QApplication(sys.argv)
win = Win()
win.show()

app.exec_()

Thank you, you helped me with my school project!