Vertical text creation?

I need to create text on a surface. Simple enough, but the text needs to be like this:

V

E

R

T

I

C

A

L

I could create each letter individually, then align them and space them to make it look okay, but is there a more elegant solution? In short, is there a way to create a text string that is vertical but has the letters oriented in the "normal" way?

Also, oddly enough, if you use the ISOFONT, the capital "I" is not centered on the letter. The text geometry is offset a bit to the right side. Weird.