How can I make my text object italic?  Can I?

(Using same font)


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Mike Metheny wrote:
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> How can I make my text object italic?  Can I?
> 
> (Using same font)
> 
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You can do it easily by "shearing" the object using the matrix
command (see the manual).  However, italicizing a font by just
shearing it is typographically very incorrect.

Fabien.

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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:29:26 -0400, "Mike Metheny"
<lon### [at] vtedu> wrote:

>How can I make my text object italic?  Can I?
>
>(Using same font)

Skew it using a matrix transform. Call the first line & column x, the
second ones y and the third one z (the fourth ones are not of interest
here). The cells where these rows and columns  intersect are the
coefficients of linear depenedancy of the function (column) on the
argument (row). That's why the main diagonal should be all 1s, as
x=1*x, y=1*y etc. So if you want to skew it 30 degrees to the right,
assuming the widely used pov LH coord sys, you should
1) keep y intact
2) keep z intact
3) x' = x + y * tan(30)

The 3rd line means: where row x and column x intersect, enter one;
where row x and column y intersect, put tan(30).

I hope this is clear enough; John VanSickle will surely be of more
help, but anyway I felt like doing something good before leaving out
to fail on my exam (in 15 min).


Peter Popov
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mmkay yeah i knew i could do it that way but i wanted to see if there was a
way to get it in the text statement somewhere.  ah well that's okay i've got
what i wanted by imagemapping an italic-ed text from paintshop so hey.


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Mike Metheny wrote:
> 
> mmkay yeah i knew i could do it that way but i wanted to see if there was a
> way to get it in the text statement somewhere.  ah well that's okay i've got
> what i wanted by imagemapping an italic-ed text from paintshop so hey.
> 
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> 
> Mike Metheny
> lon### [at] vtedu
> mik### [at] loneshepherdcom
> http://www.loneshepherd.com/
> 
> "When one's words are no better than silence, one should keep silent."


Maybe I am missing something here but aren't there many ttf fonts sets made
specificaly in an italic format ?

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Mike Metheny wrote:
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> How can I make my text object italic?  Can I?
> 
> (Using same font)
> 
> --
> 
> Mike Metheny
> lon### [at] vtedu
> mik### [at] loneshepherdcom
> http://www.loneshepherd.com/
> 
> "When one's words are no better than silence, one should keep silent."

Not the most efficient solution but it lets you do this (and more) with TTF-text
is my softtext-utility. Rudy Velthuis made a cross-platform-version, which was
posted in one of these groups some months ago. I can only offer you a
Windows-version (shame!).

Good luck,

Remco

http://www.xs4all.nl/~remcodek/zip/softtext.zip

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Can you tell us more about this utility?

Remco de Korte wrote:
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> Mike Metheny wrote:
> >
> > How can I make my text object italic?  Can I?
> >
> > (Using same font)
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike Metheny
> > lon### [at] vtedu
> > mik### [at] loneshepherdcom
> > http://www.loneshepherd.com/
> >
> > "When one's words are no better than silence, one should keep silent."
> 
> Not the most efficient solution but it lets you do this (and more) with TTF-text
> is my softtext-utility. Rudy Velthuis made a cross-platform-version, which was
> posted in one of these groups some months ago. I can only offer you a
> Windows-version (shame!).
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Remco
> 
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~remcodek/zip/softtext.zip

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Mike Metheny wrote:
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> How can I make my text object italic?  Can I?
> 
> (Using same font)

You have two options - use a matrix to shear the text, or use the
correct, italicized form of the font you want.  Many fonts (particularly
those commonly used for body text, rather than decorative headings) come
in various flavours (bold, italic, light, etc.).  For True Type fonts,
each flavour is stored in a separate font file, eg. a look (under DOS)
at the Windows font directory will reveal Times.ttf, TimesBD.ttf (bold),
TimesI.ttf (italic), and TimesBI.ttf (bold-italic), all of which
together form the Times New Roman font.

If you look at the Font directory under Windows Explorer (using
View->Details) you will be able to see whether the font you want to use
has an italicized form, and which filename to use under POV-Ray.  If
not, you will have to do as most Windows programs do under the same
circumstances and shear the font yourself.

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<<You have two options - use a matrix to shear the text, or use the
correct, italicized form of the font you want.  Many fonts (particularly
those commonly used for body text, rather than decorative headings) come
in various flavours (bold, italic, light, etc.).  For True Type fonts,
each flavour is stored in a separate font file, eg. a look (under DOS)
at the Windows font directory will reveal Times.ttf, TimesBD.ttf (bold),
TimesI.ttf (italic), and TimesBI.ttf (bold-italic), all of which
together form the Times New Roman font.

If you look at the Font directory under Windows Explorer (using
View->Details) you will be able to see whether the font you want to use
has an italicized form, and which filename to use under POV-Ray.  If
not, you will have to do as most Windows programs do under the same
circumstances and shear the font yourself.>>


Is that what Windows does?  Ah. . .yep the font I'm using doesn't have a
italic version, I checked beforehand.  That's okay, I got what I was looking
for.  Thanks for the help tho guys.


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Exactly correct.

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> Mike Metheny wrote:
> >
> > mmkay yeah i knew i could do it that way but i wanted to see if there
was a
> > way to get it in the text statement somewhere.  ah well that's okay i've
got
> > what i wanted by imagemapping an italic-ed text from paintshop so hey.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike Metheny
> > lon### [at] vtedu
> > mik### [at] loneshepherdcom
> > http://www.loneshepherd.com/
> >
> > "When one's words are no better than silence, one should keep silent."
>
>
> Maybe I am missing something here but aren't there many ttf fonts sets
made
> specificaly in an italic format ?
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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