[Tex/LaTex] vertically align rotated text in table

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I have the following table (see code of working example below). In column 5 there are two cells that include some rotated text. I would like this rotated text to be centered or aligned at the bottom of the cell rather than having it shifted upwards. I've looked at the examples in this forums but couldn't find a solution so far. Any hints? Thanks.

\begin{table}\caption{ bababalbablab}
\begin{tabular}{p{3cm}p{3cm}p{3cm}p{3cm}p{0.25cm}}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\bf{XXX}} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{\bf{XXX}} &  \\
\emph{Monday} & \emph{Monday} & \emph{Monday}  & \emph{Monday} &  \emph{Tuesday}  \\

{\bf July} (i.e. Monday, tuesday thursday) & {\bf August} (i.e. Tuesday Saturday Sunday) & {\bf September} (i.e. Sunday sunday sunday)& {\bf October} (i.e. Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday )&  {\rotatebox{90}{\emph {December}}}  \\
{\bf February} (i.e. Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday )& {\bf January } (i.e. Friday Friday Friday)& {\bf March} (i.e. Thursday Thursday Thursday) & {\bf November} (i.e. Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday ) & {\rotatebox[origin=l]{90}{\emph {December}}}  \\

\hline 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

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With a convenient \raisebox, you can have the rotated text vertically centred. Please don't use the deprecated \bf. Use \bfseries or \textbf{…}:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx, booktabs, rotating, caption}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \caption{ bababalbablab}
  \setlength{\extrarowheight}{.5ex}
  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{*{4}{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}c}%>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{3cm}|}
    \toprule
    \multicolumn{1}{c}{\bf{XXX}} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{\bf{XXX}}   \\
    \cmidrule(lr){1-1}\cmidrule(lr){2-4}
    \emph{Monday} & \emph{Monday} & \emph{Monday} & \emph{Monday} & \emph{Tuesday} \\
    %
    \textbf{July} (i.e. Monday, Tuesday Thursday) & \textbf{August} (i.e. Tuesday Saturday Sunday) & \textbf{September} (i.e. Sunday Sunday Sunday)%
    & \textbf{October} (i.e. Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday)& \raisebox{-0.85\height}{\rotatebox{90}{{\emph {December}}}}
    \\\addlinespace
    \textbf{February} (i.e. Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday )& \textbf{January} (i.e. Friday Friday Friday)& \textbf{March} (i.e. Thursday Thursday Thursday) %
    & \textbf{November} (i.e. Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday) & \raisebox{-0.85\height }{\rotatebox[origin=l]{90}{\emph {December}}} \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabularx}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] vertically align text in table in LaTeX

Since the use of \\[<len>] is the cause of the problem, here is a slightly different (more suggestive) solution:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array,booktabs}% http://ctan.org/pkg/{array,booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[ht]
  \centering
  \caption{Data Units, Sources, and Dates}
  \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}% Spread rows out...
  \begin{tabular}{>{\centering\bfseries}m{1in} >{\centering}m{1in} >{\centering}m{1in} >{\centering\arraybackslash}m{1in}}
    \toprule
    Variable & \textbf{Dates} & \textbf{Units} & \textbf{Source} \\
    \midrule
    Nominal Physical Capital Stock & 1950-1990 & Billions  US\$ & Nehru and Dhareshwar (1993) \\
    Total Population & 1950-1990 & Billions & Nehru and Dhareshwar (1993) \\
    Nominal GDP & 1950-1990 & Billions  US\$ & PWT \\
    Real GDP per capita & 1950-1990 & 2005 US\$ per capita & PWT \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

It's best to be consistent. As such, updating \arraystretch spreads the rows out evenly. I've also taken the liberty of using booktabs's suggestions (limiting horizontal rules and never using vertical rules). The presentation looks cleaner and more professional.

[Tex/LaTex] Centre vertically rotated text in table

Try with column type m{...} from array package:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{array,booktabs}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand{\tableheader}[1]{\textbf{#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{table*}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{c*{2}{m{0.4\linewidth}}}
        \toprule
        \tableheader{Type} & \tableheader{Advantages} & \tableheader{Disadvantages} \\
        \midrule
\rotatebox{90}{\shortstack[l]{Foo\\ Bar}}
        &
            \lipsum[34]
        &
            \lipsum[34] \\
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{table*}
    \end{document}

With use of m{...} column types for second and third column, you not need minipages for multi line cells in table.

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