Rotation of mdframed box

Question

I’d like to rotate a fancy box made with mdframed for a take home message on a poster. This is a MWE where rotatebox fails. Also tried package rotation with same effect. Left the minipage environment I’d like to use in the poster.
documentclass{scrartcl}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{microtype}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}
usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage[framemethod=TikZ]{mdframed

begin{document}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
Text
end{minipage}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
rotatebox{20}{
begin{mdframed}
large{Text}
end{mdframed}
}
end{minipage}
end{document}

user108724 · Accepted Answer

I don't know why it doesn't work but you can use usepackage{rotating} and turn environment instead.
documentclass{scrartcl}

usepackage{microtype}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}
usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage[framemethod=TikZ]{mdframed}
usepackage{rotating}

begin{document}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
Text
end{minipage}
begin{turn}{56}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}

begin{mdframed}
large{Text}
end{mdframed}%

end{minipage}
end{turn}
end{document}

phil-elkabat · Answer

I agree with daleif, just use tcolorbox:
documentclass{scrartcl}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{microtype}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tcolorbox}
tcbuselibrary{skins}

begin{document}

begin{tcolorbox}[%
    enhanced,
    width=.5textwidth,
    tikz={rotate=15,transform shape}
]%
    Some fancy test.
end{tcolorbox}

end{document}

Rotation of mdframed box

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