Hi, Eric -

I can reproduce the issue in PB 2019 R3 by simply setting the Font.Escapement property in the DW Painter to -1800 in the expression dialog box (I didn't try setting the escapement value via Modify). By changing the escapement value from -1800 to 1800 in the Painter, the text gets included in the PDF, so I suggest you use only positive numeric values for the rotational angle and see if that resolves the issue.

While it may not make a difference, please note that Escapement is specified as an expression, not as a simple, numeric property value, so I'm not sure if your Modify statements are syntactically correct. If you set the value in the Painter, then look at the exported source for the DataWindow, you'll see Escapement is expressed as:

    font.escapement="0~t1800"

In source form, an expression has the form: Default value, followed by a tab character, then the expression (value, in this case).

By the way, I do not see "pbescapementmode" included in the PB.INI documentation:

    https://docs.appeon.com/pb2022r3/pbug/PBINI_settings.html

The setting may or may not exist or be supported, but it is not documented.

Best regards, John