We can write and move the cursor with the arrow keys.

When we press tab and enter edit mode, creating text is just like any other text based application. In this section we also have a shear slider to angle the letters. This is the value Blender will adjust after we apply a scaled text object. In the font section we will find the transform subsection. Find the object data properties in the properties panel, represented by a green lower case 'a' icon. We can also change the text size directly. Any uniform scaling will be lost and the font will regain its default ratio. When a text object is scaled, applying the scale will readjust the text size to whatever size that fits the scale of the object. Related article: How and why do we apply scale in Blender? This is if our tools and modifiers don't work as expected. Note though that just like with any other kind of object, if we scale or rotate we may have to apply the scale and rotation. We can use these transformations to make basic changes. In object mode we have our regular transformations available.

We only have two modes available with a text object. Just keep this in mind as we continue to learn more about text. Each letter is made up of one or more curves. Therefore, many settings are inherited from curve objects. Something important to understand, is that text objects are based on curve objects. We can now erase the default text and write anything we want. To change the text we then press Tab to go into edit mode. To add a text object, we press Shift+A in the 3D viewport and choose text. Whenever I refer to text, it is in the context of the text object if nothing else is mentioned. Here, we focus on the text object, as part of our 3D scene. It can also be text for the video sequence editor in the form of text on screen or perhaps subtitles just to name a few examples. We may refer to text in Blenders text editor where we write scripts. When we talk about text in Blender, we may refer to multiple things. Press tab to go to object mode and right click and choose convert to mesh. Next, go to the geometry section in the object data tab and increase the extrude value. Press tab, erase the text and type what you want.

To create 3D text, go to the add menu in the 3D viewport and choose text. In this article we will take a deep dive into the text object, what options and features we have as well as some common 3D effects that we may want to use our text for in Blender.

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