diff -ur glabels-2.2.0/ChangeLog glabels-2.2.0-r1/ChangeLog
--- glabels-2.2.0/ChangeLog	2007-12-24 23:09:25.000000000 -0800
+++ glabels-2.2.0-r1/ChangeLog	2008-01-17 21:26:01.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-16  Jim Evins  <evins@snaught.com>
+
+	* src/print.c: (print_label):
+		Bug #1872568.  Don't apply special transforms (rotate and
+		mirror) to clipping region or outline.
+
 2007-12-25  Jim Evins  <evins@snaught.com>
 
 	* glabels.spec.in:
Only in glabels-2.2.0-r1: print.patch
diff -ur glabels-2.2.0/src/print.c glabels-2.2.0-r1/src/print.c
--- glabels-2.2.0/src/print.c	2007-12-24 22:15:04.000000000 -0800
+++ glabels-2.2.0-r1/src/print.c	2008-01-17 21:31:21.000000000 -0800
@@ -504,6 +504,12 @@
 	/* Transform coordinate system to be relative to upper corner */
 	/* of the current label */
 	cairo_translate (pi->cr, x, y);
+
+	clip_to_outline (pi, label);
+
+	cairo_save (pi->cr);
+
+        /* Special transformations. */
 	if (label->rotate_flag) {
 		gl_debug (DEBUG_PRINT, "Rotate flag set");
 		cairo_rotate (pi->cr, -M_PI/2.0);
@@ -514,13 +520,15 @@
 		cairo_scale (pi->cr, -1.0, 1.0);
 	}
 
-	clip_to_outline (pi, label);
         gl_label_draw (label, pi->cr, FALSE, record);
+
+	cairo_restore (pi->cr); /* From special transformations. */
+
 	if (outline_flag) {
 		draw_outline (pi, label);
 	}
 
-	cairo_restore (pi->cr);
+	cairo_restore (pi->cr);/* From translation. */
 
 	gl_debug (DEBUG_PRINT, "END");
 }