From the sublime to the ridiculous. By way of contrast, here's another approach to 3D text rendering:

sjoerd = Image[
     Rasterize[" sjoerd ", RasterSize -> 900, ImageSize -> 900]];

Manipulate[
   ImagePerspectiveTransformation[sjoerd, 
      ScalingMatrix[s, {v1, v2, v3}],  Padding -> "Periodic", 
      Resampling -> "Bicubic"], {{s, .2}, 0.1, 8}, 
         {{v1, -1}, -1, 1}, {{v2, -0.1}, -1, 1}, {{v3, .3}, 0.1, 1}] 

![3D lettering here][1]

Perhaps it's more fun to play with than to look at... :) [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/mnokM.png

From the sublime to the ridiculous. By way of contrast, here's another approach to 3D text rendering:

sjoerd = Image[
     Rasterize[" sjoerd ", RasterSize -> 900, ImageSize -> 900]];

Manipulate[
   ImagePerspectiveTransformation[sjoerd, 
      ScalingMatrix[s, {v1, v2, v3}],  Padding -> "Periodic", 
      Resampling -> "Bicubic"], {{s, .2}, 0.1, 8}, 
         {{v1, -1}, -1, 1}, {{v2, -0.1}, -1, 1}, {{v3, .3}, 0.1, 1}] 

Perhaps it's more fun to play with than to look at... :)