How to set vertical text direction in QGIS

If you are using QGIS 3.10 or later, set the orientation to vertical in the Labels > Formatting.

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See also the Visual changelog.

Enjoy!


For younger than QGIS 3.10 versions, e.g. QGIS 3.4 open 'Layer Properties > Labels > Expression Dialog'

example1

In 'Function Editor' create a new function with such code:

from qgis.core import *
from qgis.gui import *

@qgsfunction(args='auto', group='Custom')
def string_to_list(field, feature, parent):
    field_as_list = list(field)
    field_as_list_rot = []
    for i in field_as_list:
        field_as_list_rot.append(i + '\n')
    return field_as_list_rot

Apply 'Save and Load functions'

function

And then slightly adjust the expression that has to be used as this one

 regexp_replace(array_to_string(string_to_list("Name")),',','')

where array_to_string() and regexp_replace() are native QGIS functions

Click 'Apply' and get the result

result


Using QGIS 3.10 you can actually change the text direction under labels > formatting from horizontal to vertical.

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Tags:

Labeling

Qgis

Vertical

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