pymel.core.modeling.textCurves¶

textCurves(*args, **kwargs)¶

The textCurves command creates NURBS curves from a text string using the specified font. A single letter can be made up of more than one NURBS curve. The number of curves per letter varies with the font.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
caching / cch		bool
constructionHistory / ch		bool
deprecatedFontName / dfn		bool
font / f		unicode
	The font to use.
frozen / fzn		bool
name / n		unicode
	Sets the name of the newly-created node. If it contains namespace path, the new node will be created under the specified namespace; if the namespace does not exist, it will be created.
nodeState / nds		int
object / o		bool
	Create the result, or just the dependency node.
text / t		unicode
	The string to create the curves for. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.textCurves

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Create curves for text string "Maya" in the "Times-Roman" font:
pm.textCurves( f='Times-Roman', t='Maya' )
# Result: [u'Text_Maya_1', u'makeTextCurves1'] #

# Create curves for text "hello world" in the "Courier" font.
# The "-n" flag specifies the name of the resulting transform
# and shape.
pm.textCurves( n= 'first', f='Courier', t='hello world' )
# Result: [u'firstShape', u'makeTextCurves2'] #