Why isn't this element rotation working?

Question

I\'m trying to rotate text in IE8. According to this answer, it should be possible to rotate an element as tried in the following example:

Answer 1

Your current markup works, the problem is that you have to enable legacy filters in IE10 to properly render your results in IE10 running in IE8-mode.

So, the answer then is to enable legacy filters: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filters-removed-from-ie10-release-preview.aspx

Go to "Settings [Gear]" >> "Internet Options" >> "Security" Then click "Custom Level" and scroll way down in the resulting window-pane to find the "Render legacy filters" option. Enable it.