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en:design_guide_text [2020/12/08 06:51]
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en:design_guide_text [2022/04/14 08:32] (current)
rozek included "require" statements, corrected mistakes
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 ==== Text ==== ==== Text ====
  
-Text can be used in designs to create the outline of charaters, which can then be used to create either 2D or 3D shapes.+Text can be used in designs to create the outline of characters, which can then be used to create either 2D or 3D shapes.
  
 //NOTE: Only the ASCII characters can be used today.// //NOTE: Only the ASCII characters can be used today.//
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 <code javascript> <code javascript>
 +const { vectorChar } = require('@jscad/modeling').text
 +
 const outlines = vectorChar('H'); const outlines = vectorChar('H');
 const outlines = vectorChar({ height: 50 }, 'i'); const outlines = vectorChar({ height: 50 }, 'i');
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 <code javascript> <code javascript>
 +const { path2 } = require('@jscad/modeling').geometries
 +
 const segmentToPath = (segment) => { const segmentToPath = (segment) => {
-  return geometries.path2.fromPoints({close: false}, segment)+  return path2.fromPoints({close: false}, segment)
 } }
  
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 <code javascript> <code javascript>
 +const { vectorText } = require('@jscad/modeling').text
 +
 const outlines = vectorText('JSCAD'); const outlines = vectorText('JSCAD');
 const outlines = vectorText({ yOffset: -90, height: 10, extrudeOffset: 2, input: 'JSCAD is awesome!' }); const outlines = vectorText({ yOffset: -90, height: 10, extrudeOffset: 2, input: 'JSCAD is awesome!' });
 const outlines = vectorText({ height: 25, align: 'right', lineSpacing: 2.2, extrudeOffset: 2 }, 'JSCAD\nRocks!!'); const outlines = vectorText({ height: 25, align: 'right', lineSpacing: 2.2, extrudeOffset: 2 }, 'JSCAD\nRocks!!');
 +</code>
 +
 +Again, you will have to convert the output of `vectorText` into a list of paths before it becomes actually useful:
 +
 +<code javascript>
 +const { path2 } = require('@jscad/modeling').geometries
 +
 +const segmentToPath = (segment) => {
 +  return path2.fromPoints({close: false}, segment)
 +}
 +
 +const paths = outlines.map((segment) => segmentToPath(segment))
 </code> </code>