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Text that follows crves, circles, splines, cylinders, spheres and other shapes
So I want options for text that allow me in a 2d space to follow circular curves, arcs, splines and other non straight lines. I would also like to see this expanded into text in a 3d space so text could be put on cylinders, torus like shapes and other rounded 3d shapes. But I personally am only requesting the first part.
Thanks. You guys are the best. Also circles. Text that follows circles. Or text that follows any shape within reason. I know there are tons of people out there that need that kind of stuff.
Ok, so I have been stinking and thinking on how to implement this. This is what might be the hangup - the how to make it "just work" almost all the time.
One idea for implementation in 3d space. Look at 3d builder. They have a virtual sphere/ plane / circle that projects inwards towards a center point and is adjustable. It just projects the text and raises or lowers the surface it is projected onto. This could be expanded to cube shapes, hexagonal shapes, pyramid shapes and what not. Just project to center and let the user move the whole thing around. It might distort text in some scenarios, but that could be a good look too. Maybe even a "text cloud from form" feature where the user could create a form / t spline and then select that and write text around that - which would be projected towards a center point.
For implementation in the sketch mode (which could be projected after the fact) - right now text is generated and has that anchor point on the lower left. But it moves the whole text. So I suggest having each letter be its own individual unit - and for a new "text to curve" option to be added. It will generate each letter and pin it to the curve selected individually. For attaching to a curve, kerning will become an issue. It would be a kindness if some simple "hey don't let text overlap, keep it text size point spacing * some factor apart by default", but even then there will be many times where it just doesn't look right. So my suggested solution to this is, have it so you can move the letters by selecting an anchor point (there will be one for each letter), and the letters after it will also move the same amount. That way the end user can adjust it until its pretty.
So that's my bit. I think there are many others out there that need this in their life.
