--- gl2ps.orig.c	2010-07-29 07:18:09.000000000 -0400
+++ gl2ps.c	2010-08-09 12:39:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -3245,8 +3245,11 @@
   case GL2PS_TEXT :
     fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "\\fontsize{%d}{0}\n\\selectfont", 
             prim->data.text->fontsize);
-    fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "\\put(%g,%g){\\makebox(0,0)",
+    fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "\\put(%g,%g)",
             prim->verts[0].xyz[0], prim->verts[0].xyz[1]);
+    if(prim->data.text->angle)
+      fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "{\\rotatebox{%g}", prim->data.text->angle);
+    fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "{\\makebox(0,0)");
     switch(prim->data.text->alignment){
     case GL2PS_TEXT_C:
       fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "{");
@@ -3277,8 +3280,6 @@
       fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "[bl]{");
       break;
     }
-    if(prim->data.text->angle)
-      fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "\\rotatebox{%g}{", prim->data.text->angle);
     fprintf(gl2ps->stream, "\\textcolor[rgb]{%g,%g,%g}{{%s}}",
             prim->verts[0].rgba[0], prim->verts[0].rgba[1], prim->verts[0].rgba[2],
             prim->data.text->str);