Use these options to set what happens when you select
Create > Text >
.
- Text
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Specifies the text to be created.
- Font
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Specifies the font type for the text to be created. Click the menu button next to the Font field to open the Select Scalable Font dialog box to select a font.
Standard system fonts are available on all supported operating systems, meaning you can move a scene between platforms while maintaining the geometry of the text in your scene.
- Type
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Curves creates text as NURBS curves you can transform and manipulate.
Trim creates text as trim surfaces. You can render the letters.
Poly creates text as polygons you can transform and manipulate. A planar trim curve is created between the curve and tessellate nodes, but you see only the polygonal surface, not the planar surface.
Bevel creates bevelled text based on the Bevel Plus Options.