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<div dir="ltr">Extruding text characters for a given font has always been a frequently requested task using VRML and X3D. Seems even more useful when considering X3D models for 3D printing.<span></span><span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">X3D has flat Text using FontStyle and screen-sized Text using ScreenFontStyle, but no extruded 3D font style.</div>
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<li style="list-style-type: disc;"><span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#FontStyle">https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#FontStyle</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Historical blockers to this goal have been computational expense (especially for keeping VRML/X3D players lightweight) and lack of openly available font libraries. Neither of these seems like a blocker these days, especially given much development
and availability of WebFonts and CSS fonts module.<span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">I found one online tool supporting 3D extrusion of text. Lots of great options. Tried to extrude "X3D" using their default BlackJack font, things moved along swimmingly right up to the next-to-last page requesting $13.57 USD. Uh, no thanks.</div>
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<li style="list-style-type: disc;"><span>Sculpteo Online 3D text creation</span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc;"><span>Discover our free 3D text creation tool<span></span></span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc;"><span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.sculpteo.com/en/workshops/create/text/?uuid=PMDKxpz6NkF0ZYmb0aqYy">https://www.sculpteo.com/en/workshops/create/text</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Wondering if anyone has a good approach for creating extruded 3D text in X3D?</div>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";line-height:1.5">all the best, Don</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";line-height:1.5">--<span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";line-height:1.5">Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br <span> </span><span dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">brutzman@nps.edu</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";line-height:1.5">Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA <span> </span><span dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">+1.831.656.2149</span></span></p>
<div style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";line-height:1.5">X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";line-height:1.5"><span dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman">https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</a></span></span></div>
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