Rotated text in Arial font
<UserControl x:Class='SilverlightApplication3.MainPage' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' xmlns:d='http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008' xmlns:mc='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006' mc:Ignorable='d' d:DesignWidth='640' d:DesignHeight='480'> <Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"> <TextBlock Width="300" Height="100" FontFamily="Arial" Text="This is rotated text in Arial" FontSize="32" Foreground="Red" Canvas.Left="50" Canvas.Top="180"> <TextBlock.RenderTransform> <RotateTransform Angle="30"/> </TextBlock.RenderTransform> </TextBlock> </Canvas> </UserControl>