[x3d-public] extruded text in X3D

[Joe D Williams]

> I’m not sure if the x3d exports as IndexedFace

It might be as labelled, an Extrusion, or it could be an IFS maybe by your choice. Either one of those is fine, it would be nice to have an organized alphanumeric set(s) in the archive. 
The spec lists:  

family  "SERIF"  

style   "PLAIN" ["PLAIN"|"BOLD"|"ITALIC"|"BOLDITALIC"|""]  

are the spec named family and style. Would be great to have a nice set in the archives.
  
Attached is an example of text IFS made long ago when Ajax was pumping x3d, or whichever.  
  
Thanks,    
Joe

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Subject: Re: [x3d-public] extruded text in X3D

Curved, extruded 3d text in Blender
 
 
https://youtu.be/G6LGPQ_ENkg





On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 10:13 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com (mailto:yottzumm at gmail.com)> wrote:
Look for Blender 3d text tutorials,e.g.:
 
https://youtu.be/cS3aRmcohn8
 
I’m not sure if the x3d exports as IndexedFace Set, etc., but if you have a Blender file, We can look into modifying an exporter.  Alternatively, export as glTF and convert with view3dscene, etc.
 
I at one point, I was looking into wrapping a 3D text around a cylinder, but my Blender skills are lacking.

Enjoy!
 
John

On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 11:05 AM Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) via x3d-public <x3d-public at web3d.org (mailto:x3d-public at web3d.org)> wrote:
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.
 
X3D has flat Text using FontStyle and screen-sized Text using ScreenFontStyle, but no extruded 3D font style.
  *  https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#FontStyle
  *  https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#ScreenFontStyle


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.
 
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.
  *  Sculpteo Online 3D text creation
  *  Discover our free 3D text creation tool
  *  https://www.sculpteo.com/en/workshops/create/text

Wondering if anyone has a good approach for creating extruded 3D text in X3D?

 
all the best, Don




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