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17 Apr 2024 22:41:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: effects on z-axis of text  
From: Le Forgeron
Date: 18 Aug 2019 01:58:19
Message: <5d58e8fb$1@news.povray.org>
Le 17/08/2019 à 18:26, Kima a écrit :
> In the text, the x-y coordinates are drawn by the given font, and the z-axis is
> just the depth of the text.
> 
> I wonder if there is any possibility to add texture/curvature to the z-axis of a
> text object?
> 
> For example, something like
> https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/large-red-3d-text-20104475.jpg
> 
> 
Greetings,

On an easy path, the short answer is No.

The long answer: each glyph of the text is made of connected 2D curves
(that the ttf definition) which are extended in the z axis (inside
povray). That extension is simple, it's a straight line..

Your image is showing a mesh made from letters, with rounded corners and
displacement based on curvature of the surface.


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