Whether you're creating a large logo, a small button or something in between, you can make it stand out by adding a vertical gradient to the text in GIMP. Click the "Blend" tool icon in the Toolbox.

The key: just hold down the Alt key (or Option key on your Mac) while you drag your selection. Not only does vertical text selection work in Word, but you can use the same shortcut to select text ...

HTML doesn't offer as clean a solution for vertical lines as it does for horizontal lines -- a vertical equivalent to the Set your image up within your text and add a "style" attribute tag. For ...