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16 Nov 2024 07:14:50 EST (-0500)
  Re: dealing with text  
From: Ken
Date: 15 Sep 1998 07:31:47
Message: <35FE4267.3AEFA816@pacbell.net>
The keyword water_level for heigh_fields can revmove the back
ground without having to use a csg operation.

Ken

Ricardo Miguel Pereyra wrote:

> Hi !
>
> it's a trick but you can create a image including yor text in black over a
> white background, next in pov make a heightfield, remove the base using a
> cgs operation an later apply the apropiate scale and other tansformation
> needed...
>
> Sorry for my very bad english, my natural language is spanish : )
>
> good lock
>
> Ricardo
>
> riperey@geocitiesDOTcom or pereyrag@imagen-netDOTcomDOTar
>
> replace DOT for . if you want reply this.
>

> >Often I need to center text on an object or align it in certain ways, but
> >it proves difficult because of the variable length in most text fonts.. a
> >monofont would solve my problem, but so would a way to compute the length
> >of a text object, which I could throw into a variable and use from there.
> >
> >Is this making sense to anyone? :) Please help..
> >
> >- lv


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