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HTML
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td rowspan="4"><div class="verticalText">One</div></td>
<td>One</td>
<td>Other</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One</td>
<td>Other</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One</td>
<td>Other</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One</td>
<td>Other</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
CSS
td{border-bottom:1px solid grey; border-right:1px solid grey; padding:4px;
font-size:18px}
.verticalText {
-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
transform: rotate(-90deg);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=3); font-size:18px
}