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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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I downloaded a font from an online website, how do I apply it to my text

This is a common way to select font from your directory. To get directly to specific directory you store fonts, you can set path in User Preferences. If you don't see your font listed, file forma …
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How to round extruded text and keep original contour?

You have to equally decrease Offset parametr under Geometry properties ... Like for Depth 0.02 use Offset -0.02 ... but anyway Jachym's suggestion is better (convert to mesh, clean topology and use m …
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How to round extruded text and keep original contour?

Solidify / Remesh / Laplacian Smooth worked quite well for "bubble" text :) (in this old 2.8x) Laplacian Smooth modifier – disable Preserve Volume and Normalized
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Why does my text object look weird along its edge?

Sadly it's because of default Smooth shading (Normals) on extruded part of Text object. You can fix that by adding Edge Split modifier. Or you can search Convert to Mesh and enable under Data P …
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How to add raised text to an imported STL file for 3D printing

When importing STL change Scale to 0.001 to get proper size ... right now your Cattle has a dimension 73 x 99 m. Now add a Text object ... ... that becomes big by default so scale S it down WIth Ta …
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Animate repeatable text

@moonboots in images ... create a text as texture and animate X location in Mapping node. The easiest way is to create driver, just type #frame*0.01 into Mapping node > Location > X.
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Curve Object Deformed by Curve - Distortions (Artefacts)

Shaping curve object by curve (modifier) results in a terrible shape with cracked surface. Here is an extreme situation, but good visible issue. Perspective Top How can I curve it smootly without …
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Curve Object Deformed by Curve - Distortions (Artefacts)

switch to Edit mode, rotate text 90° in Z axis, so the text alongs Local Y axis (don't ask me why) all control points set to Handle type (V) > Free switch to Object mode and rotate along …
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Text filled by balls

If no one ... classic add Text convert to Mesh add Balls, set in Collection, add Physics > Riggid Body > Active add Particle system > Source from Volume, Render > Collection enable addon Copy Particl …
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how do I scale text on the z axis?

Text Properties > Geometry > Extrude To use Text object in boolean operation you would have to Convert to Mesh
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Modeling V-Engraved / Chiseled Text

Result ... ... later I noticed you did it by very similar technique, but since you didnt create your own answer (for a few years) and this Q gets still attention I created one with a few details to h …
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Animate size of each letter in text with effector

Particle system It's old fashioned way, but still working: Add Text object, type your words, Convert to Mesh, Separate by Loose Parts, move them into a new Collection Add Plane, add Particle System, …
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Text mesh topology problem, with overlapping characters

If Boolean would not working for you ... take a black&white screenshot of your text drag& drop into viewport (it became Empty object) search Trace Image to Grease Pencil Search Convert Grease P …
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