%% 
%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
%% 
%%  Example 2-2-10 on page 40.
%% 
%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
%% 
%%  It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%%  of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%% 
%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%% 

\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{183.83385pt}
\newcommand\HR{\rule{1em}{0.4pt}}
\newcommand\bluefbox[1]{\textcolor{blue}{\setlength\fboxsep{0pt}%
                                      \fbox{\textcolor{black}{#1}}}}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{color,graphics} % or graphicx
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\HR\bluefbox{\rotatebox{45}{%
   \fbox{\parbox{3em}{Red\\Green\\Blue}}}}%
\HR\bluefbox{\rotatebox{45}{%
   \fbox{\parbox[t]{3em}{Red\\Green\\Blue}}}}%
\HR\bluefbox{\rotatebox{45}{%
   \fbox{\parbox[b]{3em}{Red\\Green\\Blue}}}}\HR
\end{document}
