Questions tagged [text-object]
Questions related to creating and manipulating Blender Text objects. Text objects are useful for quickly creating 3D text by typing on the keyboard.
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Does Blender allow me to change the key mapping for moving the text cursor in the Outliner text fields?
I'm a macOS user, and I am used to the standard text cursor navigation found in apps like Adobe After Effects, Xcode, web applications, and text editors:
CMD + L/R Arrow : Moves cursor to the start or ...
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How to cut text as boolean to subdivision cylinder? [duplicate]
I'm trying to figure out how can I make the text extend the cylinder inwards so It creates effect like there is carved out text into that cylinder.
Any help?
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How change scale text
in command bpy.ops.object.text_add scale not worked #scale=(0.005, 0.005, 0.005)
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My ALT+C button isn't working
So I am in Blender 3.1 and I am trying to learn how to make a transformational text animation in Blender The creator of this text animation is from tutor4u.
This is the link: https://www.youtube.com/...
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What is the easiest and quickest way to get a curve traced along the letter?
I am trying to have a curve along the lines of the letter, like in the attached photo. Is there a non-manual way to do it? As you can see when I do it manually it's never perfectly in the center ...
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Why my (text) scene is so small when integrating it in the vse?
I have little experience with blender, i am using version 3.4.1.
I'm just trying to create some titles for my clips. So, the camera view is this:
But when I add this scene to the main timeline, it ...
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Font management between machines/OS
Is there a way to make Text objects reference fonts via a relative path?
I have my .blend file versioned, and it will be used on other machines. To make fonts consistent, I would also add a ...
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How To Add Text to Side of Object/Mesh?
This seems like a simple thing to do, but I can't quite figure out how to do it. I want to add a label (text) onto the sides of my object like in this picture:
What is the best way to go about this? ...
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Why is my boolean modifier not subtracting text properly from the wall of the column?
I am trying to create a hollow column with words cut out of the side using Blender. I have been following certain steps to achieve this, but I am not getting the desired results. The first time I ...
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How to create reactive, modifiable fractals with moving characters on them?
my exact goal is the following:
i have a lot of devanagari characters which i want to put on fractal objects, preferably in such a way that i am able to change both the fractal, and change the color ...
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How can I access the rotation of an object and dynamically update it as text?
I am new to Blender and Python. I wanted to see if there is a way to grab the rotation value of an object and show it as text. I am trying to export this as a 3D model to other software, so I am also ...
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I need an animated text for a computer console / typing into a terminal
I need help. I want to animate a text, like a computer.
Like if someone were writing something in a computer terminal, but I don't know how to do that.
Please help!
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Getting The Location Of Animated Object With A Script
I saw that with code below we can get location of an object.
It worked.
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I have problems with dream texture depht 2 doesnt start the texture
I cant start texturized 3d with dream texture stabilityai/stable diffusion depht 2
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text turning into a liquid problem
I want to transform a caption into a waterfall, but I can't.
I tried in 2 ways:
The words become liquid, but for some reason, a letter or two does not become liquid, and I have no idea why. I haven't ...
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Text object with a custom font shown up weirdly
I often have the problem with custom fonts in Blender in that they end up looking really poor like this:
I used a Google font here:
I am working with a MacBook if that is important.
Do I have to ...
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Unable to add text
Im a newbie trying to "Add Text" but I cannot seem to find the Text option under shift A.
I tried searching up in search bar and no luck with that either.
No one else seems to have the same ...
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Inner bevel on letters? [duplicate]
I need to engrave for a project a text into a cube shape, but the big thing is that I need an inner bevel in the text, not bevel on outer edges, but a bevel into it that follows the middle of the ...
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Is it possible to make a text follow an object assign to an avatar's rig?
I'm making an ID card that moves with an avatar's rig/armature. It's assigned to the avatar spine.
But I need an editable text name that can be changed by the client, and I'm out of ideas to make the ...
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Outlined text and fill for each instance (Geometry nodes)
I'm trying to achieve this type of styling on text elements in Geo nodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQp-Kl5jU70 (outlined text + fill)
Here's my setup:
I need each letter seperated so I need to ...
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the object behind is visible
While editing, the text is behind the curtain. but during rendering (picture 3) the text appears in front.
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Using Geometry Nodes. How do I make each characters in a string to become specific 3D Objects?
Using Geometry Nodes, how do I make each character in a string of letters, numbers and symbols become a specific 3d object? I'd like to let the user enter a string of characters and this will help ...
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Converting some old point distribute point instance nodes to the new version of Blender 3.4.1
I'm trying to convert some old nodes point distribute, point instance, randomize attribute nodes to the new version of Blender 3.4.1 but I'm having some difficulty of converting the functionality over....
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Why does this script crash the latest version of Blender?
I run this code in Scripting, making sure that no meshes are selected. Blender freezes and hangs before any error messages are generated.
What is going wrong with the script?
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Wierd description text near HardOps Inserts
i think my issue isnt a issue and i think the solution is very easy, but i never worked with that "description thing". So the problem is, when I insert a HardOps insert via KitOps i get ...
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How to change text in a scene programmatically and then render?
I am making invitation cards in blender and I want to save a series of images of the card with different invitees' names on them.
I have the names stored in a text file.
How can I write a script to ...
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Different material to different letters in text with animation nodes
Is there a way in which I can change the material of different letters of a text frame by frame with animation nodes? Like, the capital letters in the example underneath would be of a different color ...
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Text Embossing Script
First off, I'm very new to Blender.
What I need to do is emboss text on an object in multiple places. I've figured out the rather involved process of embossing text in a single place, but I need to ...
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Target text to viewer (Not camera)
Is it possible to target text objects to the viewer (In viewport mode)?
I know I can target text to a camera, but I am finding it convenient to move the viewport around my object and use the Viewport ...
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Text bounding box in geometry nodes
I'm making a license plate generator template.
The idea is for the user to insert a string and for blender to render the license plate. For the string AB 12 345 ...
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In video editor using blender how can I smooth out corners on a box?
I want to round off the corners of my box in Blender Video Editor but can't find any information on how to do it. Now the edges are pointed and I don't want that
Does anyone know how to do it nicely?
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Is there a script to remove this sign " in text?
I have 100 individual text objects, is there a script that will help me get rid of quotation marks in texts all at once?
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Is there any way to change the font of multiple VSE text strips?
Like the question says. I have a video with a few dozen text strips. If I want to change the font, it appears that I have to do it one at a time. "Copy to Selected" is greyed out when I try ...
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Image and Text Render Problem
So. In my class today, someone was trying to view their project with the “view render” option and the images as well as the text wouldn’t show. We eventually figured out that we needed to use the “...
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How do I rescale parts of a text defined with geometry nodes?
I'm trying to remake the LUCASFILM logo with geometry nodes. I can set the position of the text, but I want to set its height. Except it's not just the height of each character; instead, the height of ...
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Blender is it possible to change opacity of color ramp?
Is there some kind of way to control color ramp node color Strenght (opacity of the colors?)? Something like when in Photoshop you add a solid color adjustment layer and you control the color with ...
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Best way to cut 3d text according to another surface
apologies for the potentially basic question. I'm learning blender and finding it quite difficult to know what the best conventions are when trying to cut a mesh, specifically 3d text.
I have this 3d ...
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How to make a Blender-Python Text counter work after saving, closing and re-opening a file with @persistent and handlers
I have a problem with my text counter. I generate a Text + Null Object, which moves along the x-axis according to my data. Then my Text updates its string value with the position x of Null. Everything ...
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Is there a way to batch change the text with script
So I have 10 txt objects, named 1-10 accordingly, is there a way to insert smth in the python console to change them from "txt" to these names that I have on the left part of the screenshot?
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Text mesh topology problem, with overlapping characters
I know that there are several solutions for fixing the topology of meshes that are converted from text. However, the font I'm using is Segoe Script regular, which is a cursive typeface. The key issue ...
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Geometry nodes instance rotation and scale
I have a simple text node setup:
I wonder if it is possible to set the rotation and scaling of each instance so that I can scale/rotate each letter? Either by randomly setting the scaling and ...
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How to do parametrized rendering (replacing text/image inputs dynamically before render)
I am currently generating a dynamic blender file with 2 text and 1 image objects that should be replaced with custom text/image inputs.
I currently got the CLI command and placement of text/image ...
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Imported model from Roblox Studio has weird textures
I tried importing a model from Roblox Studio, but the textures look weird. The model has these weird lines on it.
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Edit multiple text value simultaneously
Edit multiple text value simultaneously
I’ve been using Blender since around 2012 and never have I came across a situation where I needed to use the text feature in blender to save you the confusion ...
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Create text with custom 3d meshes
So i created a custom series of letters (3d meshes) and i wanted to know if there was an easy way of alligning them so that i don't have to do it manually every time. Like a mesh text generator with ...
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How can i make this text follow this circle path?
The point where im trying to get is making the text orbit the sphere, i already tried to use the follow path but guess im doing something wrong, because the animation cames pretty broken once i start ...
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How to transform 3D text to 2D text?
I'm going to create a typography that transforms from 3D to 2D. It begins from 3D and eventually turns into 2D at the end.
I've researched about it, but couldn't find any tutorial. What I found was ...
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How to put text in front of a greasepencil object?
I am working on a 2D animation, that will have lots of text boxes for the audience to read. I didn't want to be inconsistent with the text, and there will be a lot of text, so to streamline the ...
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Programmatically created extruded text's Z dimension returns zero
With Blender 3.2.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 I am creating text using bpy.data.curves.new, bpy.data.objects.new and ...
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Font size (Text, Curve)
When adding a Text Object (or using the Python scripting API to create an Object from a Font Curve) with the "Bfont Regular" default font, for a capital oh ("O") that results in ...
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