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Alright, trying this again. All I want is to rotate a text block, nothing tricky. And I don't want to do it using an ItemsControl because it will require using a control for each and every letter, which is way too expensive for my needs.

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    P.S. And please don't just blindly delete it because I've "got too much reputation" or some other nonesense like that. Seriously, there is no need to act like that. – Jonathan Allen Feb 06 '12 at 20:52
  • possible duplicate of [Vertical Text in Wpf TextBlock](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/349875/vertical-text-in-wpf-textblock) – H.B. Feb 06 '12 at 20:55
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    Again, that one uses an ItemsControl. So unless you've got a specific one other than the accepted answer it doesn't help. – Jonathan Allen Feb 06 '12 at 20:56
  • This is a duplicate with a little localization spin on it, the answers on the other question **do not matter**. Just because you don't like the answes does not mean you can create duplicates. – H.B. Feb 06 '12 at 20:58
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    Seriously, why are you interfering? You aren't helping me or the community at large by preventing people from asking questions. I shouldn't have to fight to defend such a simple question. – Jonathan Allen Feb 06 '12 at 21:00
  • I am helping the community by keeping it clear of clutter. – H.B. Feb 06 '12 at 21:01

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Despite the controversy if it's a duplicate or not, there may be a way to achieve vertical text on a very low level, involving a GlyphRun. I haven't tested that in detail, but what i know is, you would have to

  1. create a GlyphRun with the IsSideways property set to true, meaning all character will be rotated 90° counter-clockwise,

  2. get a DrawingContext and push (via PushTransform) a 90° clockwise RotateTransform onto it,

  3. draw the GlyphRun to the DrawingContext.

A simple way to get an appropriate DrawingContext would be to override UIElement.OnRender.

Note: GlyphRun's constructor has 13 arguments, but the last 6 may be null :-)

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