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text


Purpose
To add an object that consists of one or more solid text characters to the environment..

Usage
Click the text button to activate it. The following prompt will appear in the status area:
text?

In response to this prompt type the required text from the keyboard. Press <enter>: to confirm.

Example

Comments
The font in which the text will be displayed depends on which font is currently selected by the text font input box.
The way in which the text is added to the environment depends on which of the following toggle buttons is active: new/fix solid, group, union, subtract, intersect or overlay, See ball for example.
A text character has three side attributes.
Remember, if you introduce a new solid you should give it a tag in the tag input box in the status area.

ISOLatin text
In some cases, the text 'current-font-ISOLatin1' will appear instead of the text that was entered. See the entry on ISOLatin fonts how to get the correct text.

See also
undo, new/fix solid, group, union, subtract, intersect, overlay

A text as seen from the side, the front and the top