Empirical Tilted Text Shadow
<Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"> <Canvas.Resources> <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}"> <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Times New Roman" /> <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="144" /> <Setter Property="Text" Value="Shadow" /> <Setter Property="Canvas.Left" Value="96" /> <Setter Property="Canvas.Top" Value="192" /> </Style> </Canvas.Resources> <!-- Shadow Text. --> <TextBlock Foreground="DarkGray"> <TextBlock.RenderTransform> <TransformGroup> <ScaleTransform ScaleY="3" CenterY="100" /> <SkewTransform AngleX="-45" CenterY="100" /> </TransformGroup> </TextBlock.RenderTransform> </TextBlock> <!-- Foreground Text. --> <TextBlock /> </Canvas>