Text Box Rotates but Not Text

[Trinity5C08]

When I write text and want to rotate the letters the text box rotates but the text itself does not rotate. See capture. Why has this just started doing this? 

[Monika Gause]

Has always been like that.

You need to use the rotate tool to rotate area text.

[Trinity5C08]

For some reason I thought I could rotate the text. I'll use it this way. Thank you. 

[michelew83603738]

If you create a text box, this is the expected behavior. If you want the text to rotate, then use the dialogue box for the text tool. If you don't create a text box, however, when you select the text and get the baseline, the text will rotate. Perhaps that is what you are thinking of?

[happie_97]

@Trinity5C08 It looks like you are trying to rotate area type. Illustrator uses point type and area type.

• Area type is when you click the type tool and drag out a box to type in.
• Point type is when you click the type tool and then click the screen and start typing.
• If you use point type, you will be able to rotate it just by hovering over one of the corners. 
• Yours looks like area type so it is rotating within the area of the bounding box. 

If this is confusing, I included a video if you need it. Please excuse the cracking of my voice, it's pretty late where I am. :c) I hope this helps.